Lighting a Fire

In trying to be philosophical about this whole newspaper story ordeal, I think there are many positives about how things transpired. First off, I learned a lot about who to talk to and who not to talk to, which is important when you consider that we are dealing in ideas. Secondly, as opposed to how I usually respond to such circumstances, I feel inspired to work even harder at making this work, because I feel somewhat slighted, even if this feeling is unfounded. And finally, I think we were limiting ourselves to a narrow vision that could be expanded in terms of our target venues.

With all this in mind, I feel optimistic in light of the temporary setback to our story idea. If anything, I think the story is still alive, and can be expanded and made even better. Along these lines, we might try to pitch it to a bigger and better publication, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves. One step at at time, as the saying goes. I do realize one thing, however, and that is that this stage in our lives will best be approached as a team effort, meaning that R and I will have to work together if this is going to take off. This should be good.

Until then, thanks for reading, and thanks to Miguel Saavedra for the pic.