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A Reviewing Badge!

Yea me! I received a "Reviewing Badge" for the month of July. I was rated as the # 73 reviewer. I do admit to working for it. I'm proud to have received it

This is the fourth reviewing bage I've received since joining. It means something to me, beyond its space on my virtual shelf. I know I'm involved. I know I am productive. This is proof.

My profession is writing. I'm not working outside the home now (though I just got a call from the college there's a teen needing help on a project) so I don't have a "job." Writng is my job, but it ain't payin' a durn thing right now. So i have to keep on, without the payback coming around yet. Until the money comes, the Reviewing Badge is a source of writing renewal and a pat on the back for my efforts. This is about the only feedback I get, because I haven't gotten involved in the local poetry scene yet. It wouldn't be the same thing anyhow.

So now one of two things will happen. Either I will re-devote myself to doing a lot of sometimes bad reading--though I've learned to search for modified entries, or I'll redirect my energy to getting my book published. For my own good, I might ought to get to my own business if I want to get a manuscript in in two months. Eight weeks. There, I've said it.

I am grateful for the recognition of a job well done on some proportion. Next month--well, it's always a new month. And reviewing makes for a better writer.

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