I am a big list maker and I love making a list at the beginning of every year. Instead of one resolution, I can have up to many. Last January 1st, I wrote down two things: 1. Be a good mommy. 2. Finish a first draft. I can happily say that I’ve done both.
A lot of great things happened in March alone. I became a mommy to a beautiful baby boy and I got my first published short story through a literary journal I found online. I received $30 and it was the first time since preschool that I got paid for my work.
In preschool I had a makeshift bookstore instead of a lemonade stand. My next door neighbor, a wonderful elderly gentleman, came by and bought a book I wrote and stapled together. I made .25 and he helped spur that drive.
Today, I have checked out the prompts from the Literary Journal and boy, am I excited! All of the prompts next year are prompts I know for a fact I can have a story for. I don’t know if I’ll get published again and I’m sure a few of those stories, if not all, will be rejected. But, that’s life and I am beyond excited about writing for next year.
In case you’re interested in the website, the site is listed below.
Casia's Corner 
Oh! Thanks for posting that site. I’m now having fun perusing it. :]