I am trying to get back on my freelance writing grind again! I was never completely in it but I am trying to match up to my old ways and surpass them.
I submitted an article and a poem to Essence Magazine this week and I hope to get a reply back, yay or nay...either way, I made the steps to get this started. My submissions were not related to my anxiety.
I also have my eyes set on submitting 2 more pieces to another publication by mid February.
I would love to freelance write, etc. and have the luxury of free time to have great conversations over tea with family and friends while vacationing in St. Tropez every now and then...a girl can dream! LOL.
Oh, by the way...I am loving the book The Happy Introvert. I am reading that one first. It is refreshing to see my anxiety through a whole new perspective and angle. I have questions now, more questions. I thought I had it all figured out about what my anxiety was, who I am, and such but this book has opened my mind to more! I like that.
I don't think the author is doing interviews. I believe I emailed her and was told she isn't doing interviews but I'll have to double check my emails. Either way, I'd like to do a radio show on this topic. I also want to finish reading the other 2 books that share a similar angle and get a conversation going about this. (update 3-15-2009- I was wrong...it was actually Laurie, the author of Introvert Power who is not available for interviews now...I emailed the author of The Happy Introvert but I never received a reply...I'll keep trying)
One thing I wanted to clarify...because it came to mind while I was reading...I want to clarify that although I am trying to overcome my social phobia, I don't see my TRUE self as being a party animal or a loud person...I do believe that my natural disposition is a bit reserved but at the same time, my anxiety as it is, is extreme and entails a lot of specifics and general issues that I have tried to share in this blog.
I haven't really gone into depth in my blogs about the psychological effects of the past, my present environment and my fear of the future but I will try to start being more open and stay on topic about why I started this blog.
This blog means so much to me. I can't even put into words. Its all the things I've wanted to share with close family and friends but don't have the courage but I am able to connect with real people, nonetheless and feel like I am being validated and heard and sometimes, I actually feel like I've helped a person or two out there.
Until then...
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