March goals and JHS

I'm going to start the March JHS because I'm excited about March.
My goals for March:

1. Get my own website up. [This is a huge goal for me.If I do not accomplish this by the end of the month, please chastise me severely.]
2. Ten queries. Single query to two markets counts as two.
3. One completed freelance article. (assuming I get an assignment by then; I have none outstanding now.)
4. One new acceptance.
5. If I have been accepted as an Examiner, I will have a whole set of goals for that.
6. One "rant" for my hoped for future website, The Rant.

I think that's all. Also I have to plant my peas and start my seedlings.

Wow, ink, would you like a cup of coffee?

Go Barb! Coolamente! So, ideas re: counseling for lesbians, is that what you need? How about couples stuff--lesbians love that. Or, for the single lesbians, using the time of being single to get your act together so when Ms. Lovely comes along, you can have a half-decent chance of keeping it good. Or, how to tell when you should bail. Or...I have a bunch of ideas, is this what you meant by counseling? How about, choosing a therapist?

Great, I could do this all day. I must be a very screwed up lesbian in need of counseling:

When You Should NOT Go to Couples Counseling. (Yes, this comes from my own sad experience.)
How to Recognize a Sociopath on the First Date.
Issues to Work Out Before Having a Baby.
How to Deal with Your Girlfriend's Ex-Girlfriend.
How Soon is Too Soon?
Jealousy: Healthy, or Very Very Sick?
Ooh, ooh, Barb, this is the best one: Do pretend therapy for the characters on the "L" word!! They LOVE The "L" Word. Rent the set, watch it, and diagnose and treat the characters!!!

Does Your Therapist Need to be Gay?
Personality Disorders--What You Need to Know.

I better stop now.

Hey raven, if you're in Boise, do you know the other Nancy? I tried to query her incredible story to the Boise Parent's mag without success, one of my many freelance mysteries.

ravenlea said:

I know of her and her riding exploits, but haven't met her. Which one did you try? Treasure Valley Family Mgazine?

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Yes, twice, and heard nothing! And I've been published in more than one parenting magazine. I was surprised. If you're in there, maybe you'd like to give it a try. Nancy said anyone can query the story and she'll be interviewed and supply pictures. I have her email address, plus she sends a newsletter, if you're interested. They're in Mexico last I heard--maybe the Yucatan by now.

Hey Princess, I've got a question for you. The reason I started thinking freelance a little over a year ago was that I had a subject to write about. I still haven't figured out where to query it. It's about gardening dirt (so to speak) cheap and ecologically. I'm not a gardening expert, just been doing it at home for a few years, but I do it at little or no cost, and I think I have useful info for people about how to get hardscaping materials free, how to use compost, get free mulch, etc., and generally garden with no $, less work and organically. I really want to start querying it, but don't know where, because I don't have the creds to get into a gardening magazine. Actually I have a fantasy that one day I'm going to write a book about it. Anyway, any thoughts on good places for a non-gardening expert to query a gardening article like that? Just lately I thought I might start just focusing on vegetable gardening: how to plant a vegetable garden at no cost, with little work, ecologically.