Magazine writing and summer camp
June 26th 2007 14:30
Good morning everybody,
Hope all is well today. First as usual, I have to start with my Mets.They have now won 4 in a row and I am feeling a little bit better than I did last week. Even though I still don't think they have enough hitting. There is no real clean-up hitter on the team. Not with Delgado hitting like he is. They definitely need one more big stick in the line-up, but I have a bad feeling that it's not going to happen. I'll give Omar Minaya the benefit of the doubt until the trading deadline and hope he will do something good.
On to writing. I have been going crazy trying to write short stories for magazine submissions. I want to be published somehow one way or another. I think it can only be good if I can have a portfolio and be listed as a published author. Don't even care if I get paid for it at first. Just want my byline somewhere. We will have to see what happens, but it won't be for lack of trying. I have been targeting all of the children's magazines, but I may start on others as well. I have been doing a lot of reading about people making a living in Freelance writing and it has intrigued me. That would be a dream come true. To get paid for my writing would be ideal. It's what I have dreamed about for a long time. Maybe just maybe.
A quick note on my kids. I know it is a little bit silly, but my kids have a field trip today to a waterpark. I always worry every time they go on a trip. I worry about the counselors paying enough attention to them and keeping them in sight. I always lecture my kids before every trip. "Stay with your counselors" They always have to repeat it for me. I think it has sunk in, but I worry. I remember when I was a counselor. We had four counselors per group and divided the kids up between us, so each one of us was responsible for four or five kids. One of my counselors lost a kid in Sesame Place and I was sick. I think the blood drained from my face. Thankfully, because we were wearing camp t-shirts, one of the other groups in camp found him and brought the kid to me. I was thankful and relieved that a catastrophe on my watch had been averted. Still, that goes through my mind on every trip my kids take. I know they have to do this stuff, but I worry nonetheless. Hope they stay by their counselors.
That's it for today. Hope everybody enjoys the rest of the day.
Later,
Jonathan
Hope all is well today. First as usual, I have to start with my Mets.They have now won 4 in a row and I am feeling a little bit better than I did last week. Even though I still don't think they have enough hitting. There is no real clean-up hitter on the team. Not with Delgado hitting like he is. They definitely need one more big stick in the line-up, but I have a bad feeling that it's not going to happen. I'll give Omar Minaya the benefit of the doubt until the trading deadline and hope he will do something good.
On to writing. I have been going crazy trying to write short stories for magazine submissions. I want to be published somehow one way or another. I think it can only be good if I can have a portfolio and be listed as a published author. Don't even care if I get paid for it at first. Just want my byline somewhere. We will have to see what happens, but it won't be for lack of trying. I have been targeting all of the children's magazines, but I may start on others as well. I have been doing a lot of reading about people making a living in Freelance writing and it has intrigued me. That would be a dream come true. To get paid for my writing would be ideal. It's what I have dreamed about for a long time. Maybe just maybe.
A quick note on my kids. I know it is a little bit silly, but my kids have a field trip today to a waterpark. I always worry every time they go on a trip. I worry about the counselors paying enough attention to them and keeping them in sight. I always lecture my kids before every trip. "Stay with your counselors" They always have to repeat it for me. I think it has sunk in, but I worry. I remember when I was a counselor. We had four counselors per group and divided the kids up between us, so each one of us was responsible for four or five kids. One of my counselors lost a kid in Sesame Place and I was sick. I think the blood drained from my face. Thankfully, because we were wearing camp t-shirts, one of the other groups in camp found him and brought the kid to me. I was thankful and relieved that a catastrophe on my watch had been averted. Still, that goes through my mind on every trip my kids take. I know they have to do this stuff, but I worry nonetheless. Hope they stay by their counselors.
Later,
Jonathan
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