Getting Published Is A Lot Like Sex

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The first time I saw my name in print it was like a first kiss. It was new, different, exciting and it totally boosted my confidence. After a while, I wanted more. Better clips in more prestigious publications. More pay. And, after I’d written a bunch of blog posts, articles, and contributed chapters to others’ books, I wanted my own book. I’d graduated from kissing. I was ready for groping, sex, new positions, etc.

Behold! Let this NOT boost the arguments of the earth’s right-wing repressed nut jobs who’ll say, “Seeeeeeee, that’s why you should wait to have sex until you’re married. If you screw a bunch of people, you’ll grow bored and your wedding night will be rendered meaningless.” Such logic is pointless and, ironically, could be used to support polygamy. Seeeee, if you have sex with only one wife (or husband) all the time, you’ll get bored and it won’t mean as much!!! As a former “I’m saving myself for marriage” girl, I can tell you that shit doesn’t work. But, whatever. I digress. Writing. I was talking about my writing.

If you’d like to read my most recently published contribution, pick up a copy of Six-Word Memoirs on Love and Heartbreak: by Writers Famous and Obscure. It’s a SMITH Magazine brainchild and, so far, the other New York Times best-selling “Six Word” book has already been featured on Oprah. It’s a simple idea: sum up an aspect of your life using six words or less. That’s actually a lot harder than it sounds. For this edition, the editors asked us to write about “love” or “heartbreak.” Hence, Six-Word Memoirs on Love and Heartbreak. Me? I wrote about what was probably my worst heartbreak ever. Wondering which six words I used to describe it? Ooooh, you’ll have to buy the book!!  :)

By the way, at least once a week, a new reader shoots me an email to say: “I’d like to read something else you’ve written, where can I find it?” If you’ve gotten down with the funky brown before here at www.funkybrownchick.com, you already write about relationships. Often dating — but not exclusively. Stuff I’ve written about race & immigrant relations was published in the book Migration and Immigration: A Global View (A World View of Social Issues). I’ve been doing this stuff so long I honestly can’t remember my FIRST publication. I *DO* remember the first time I had sex. I’ll write about that some other time. My first publication was probably either an article in my high school yearbook or newspaper (I wrote for both), or a letter I wrote to my local newspaper’s editor. If you’re interested in reading things I’ve written besides this blog, check me out on Huffington Post and elsewhere. If you’d like to see a cute little book trailer for Six-Word Memoirs on Love and Heartbreak watch the tiny clip below.

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