Keep pitching in spite of silence.

I had to tell myself this a loooong time ago, and I wound up saying it again today.

Generally speaking, if a publication asks for pitches, it can be a little too easy to get your hopes up.

Please don& #39;t get me wrong. I& #39;m deeply thankful for a couple of pending opportunities. Yet I guess a part of me is antsy because I want to break new ground.

When the possibility of being published is up to another person, it can be hard not to think, "I believe in my abilities. I wish you did, too."

Just to clarify: Do you know what the “long time ago” refers to in this thread’s first tweet?

The tremendous gap in my freelancing history. I haven’t been freelancing steadily for years.

At one point I actually let fear get to me, and I ran away. But late last year I told myself that I’d get back at it *this* year.

And here we are.