Dusting off Those Old USB's

So prior to having my gorgeous kids, I spent a considerable amount of time writing articles and that "book", which I haven't done much with.  I posted my 2010 goals when I started this blog so you'll have to keep me accountable.  One step this week will be to get out all the writing i've done from the 4 corners of the earth and organize it.  I need to put it in one place---a place I can easily access. 

I am the advisor for our school's Literary Magazine.  They have a section for teacher submissions in this year's mag.  So, I found a piece I'd written just after my Dad passed away about a pattern of prayer.  I'll post it here tomorrow.  If it gets published, that would count as "one". Granted, it is a high school literary magazine but it would technically be my first published piece of work :)

Should I use writer's market?  I used to...

Tara, I loved your advice about not making goals that involve other people's decisions more than my own.  Point well taken---beautiful advice.  However, the reason I am saying I "must" be published this year is to kick myself in the pants.  I know what I wrote, though rough, is decent and marketable---I just need to put the work in to make it better and to present it in the right way.  I know that if I do this, there is no reason that some publishing house somewhere would not want it.  So, if I don't get it published, it really will be because I didn't try.  Anyway, please check on me periodically in relation to this!

I will begin to post snippets of my draft and see what advise you all have.  I guess it's in the narrative non-fiction category.  It still needs a lot of work, but the core story is there.

Thank you for checking in with me, and please share the goals and projects you're working on.  I hope we can all support each other!