The Loop Online (Resources) is well worth signing up for especially since it's free. Besides getting info re submission opportunities, you get weekly emailed thoughts from its founder, Gary Garrison. Here's today's:

When I've cursed...

And thrown it against the wall. And shut my computer off. And wondered what the fuck I'm doing in this business? And why are theatre people such assholes sometimes? And why can't they respond to my play in a timely manner and just offer a straight-forward, "yes, we want it," or, "no, we don't." And questioned my talent, my time, my commitment in way I'd let no other person question it. After I've done all of that -- all the bitching, moaning and groaning, whining and whimpering I can possibly eek out, I remember the very sage words one aging, drunken, boisterous dinner guest shared with me one night, spoken over her martini glass and with a piercing gaze: No one asked you to be a writer.

Amen, sister.

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