Call For Submissions — Your Angel
When I was self-publishing my first book, Thoughts of a Fractured Soul, I had no idea how much it would cost. I wrote the entire thing before realizing I needed money to edit, design a book cover, and find a third party who would upload it to distribution platforms.
This was back in 2013, one year before my novel actually came out. I was still a struggling writer and single parent. Money wasn’t exactly rolling in so I decided to crowdfund using only my network.
When the fundraising date came and went and I only raised $200, I was ready to curl up in a corner and bawl my eyes out. But then I got an email from someone who wanted to support but missed the deadline.
He asked me if I could meet up. When we did, he handed me an envelope and told me how much he believes in my novel. I didn’t open the envelope till I got back home, but when I did, there was $3,000.
That’s how my first book got published.
This person was literally my angel. And we all have at least one. For this week’s writing prompt, tell me about your angel. Who has stepped up in your life when all the odds were against you? It could be on your writing journey or life in general.
Same rules as always:You can submit to this or ANY of our past writing prompts. Just scroll through our previous newsletters. They’ll be marked “Call for Submissions.”If you’re already a writer for CRY, go ahead and submit.Be as creative as you want in your submissions. As long as you stick to the topic, we’ll consider it.Just because you submit doesn’t mean we’ll post. If you haven’t heard back from us in three days, consider that a pass.[image error]Call For Submissions — Your Angel was originally published in CRY Magazine on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.
