And so it seems that another opportunity - the long shot I alluded to a month ago, has passed me by. I'm going to remain cryptic about the details for a while longer, as it is not yet confirmed, but I think I can see the way the wind is blowing...
It's the not knowing for sure that is the killer, but I am starting along the path to resignation and eventual acceptance now. I think.
And the response has got to be a positive one. A dusting down, an acceptance that the best I could do wasn't up to the required standard, and a moving on.
I've sustained an output of shorter flash fiction in recent weeks, and am now starting to send things out into the big bad world to see if they sink or swim. There will be more disappointments ahead, I'm sure, but each setback just clears the way to take on a new opportunity, and eventually, who knows?
I'll get there. I'll keep going until I do.
It's the not knowing for sure that is the killer, but I am starting along the path to resignation and eventual acceptance now. I think.
And the response has got to be a positive one. A dusting down, an acceptance that the best I could do wasn't up to the required standard, and a moving on.
I've sustained an output of shorter flash fiction in recent weeks, and am now starting to send things out into the big bad world to see if they sink or swim. There will be more disappointments ahead, I'm sure, but each setback just clears the way to take on a new opportunity, and eventually, who knows?
I'll get there. I'll keep going until I do.