the iceberg of creativity

It's my day off and I've spent an hour and a half at my studio so far this morning, pitching articles. I wrote an opinion piece that I pitched to two outlets. One of them passed and asked me to pitch again, the second asked if I would be willing to be a subject and that they use my story. I passed as I'm searching for a paycheck. Then I received an email from a third outlet asking me if I have any ideas to pitch. It's just amazing how you don't know how your day will pan out as a creative. So this morning:

★I submitted the completed article to a third outlet

★I pitched three article ideas to the editor who contacted me

★And I pitched two articles to the editor who passed, but asked me to pitch.

So fingers crossed, let's see what lands.

I'm sharing this because sometimes it seems that things come so easily to people, but it's the iceberg scenario. You don't see the twenty five years that I've dedicated myself to the craft of writing. The books that I wrote that didn't get anywhere. The books I wrote that got published and edited and reviewed and won prizes that built my confidence.

The last five years that I have been developing my freelance writing profile by writing articles and pitching. The editors who took a chance on me and mentored by editing my pieces, and help shape pitches. The slow gradual rise of the tide where my profile has evolved so that I have editors contacting me.

So I say to any of you who have a dream that involves being a creative: dare to dream and work hard to achieve it. Get yourself out there and pitch, and write, and pitch some more. It does get easier, but it's always work.

And if you want to see the hard work behind the iceberg, go to my linktree and look at my articles and bio. 

https://www.amrapajalic.com/articles.html

https://www.amrapajalic.com/about-me.html

Note: This image was created using Canva AI using the prompt "a blonde female writer pitching article ideas to various publications".

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