Here's The Deal

If I had ten minutes with a magazine editor, and he/she was forced to listen to me...
With no wine involved.
And no opinions, other than mine, of course.
I'm kidding.
But here's the deal. What I wouldn't give to sit with magazine editors every week just to pitch everything that goes through my head. I'd love to say, "People, here are the stories. Here are the thoughts. Here are the ideas. Where do you want to start?"
Why magazine, you ask? I don't know. It's the medium of choice for the articles I'd like to write. They're not too short and not too long and can be fiction or non-fiction, easy-going or controversial. They can make you smile or cry or want to throw the damn magazine across the room (or punch the computer screen). Don't get me wrong, I love love love books. But magazine articles are just so cool. If I could, I'd spend a whole day with (dreamy) Andrew McCarthy and ask him all about (Pretty in Pink) his writing experiences (or his beautiful face).

But really...I'd love to write for magazines. In a perfect world, the editors would call me. My smart phone would beep more than it already does. They'd beg for more stories on healthcare and heart kids and football and why cell phone batteries don't last and why kiwi's are named kiwi's and why I have to watch my daughter suffer and how my son shoots par and couldn't give a crap...

I'd write about why college basketball is better than NBA and why Ohio State is awesome. Or why the $^#&*^@& I can't get a break on my student loans. Or how on God's earth my husband, as a public high school teacher, makes too much money to receive medical aid for my daughter's medical bills...

I swear the things that happen to me in a single day could fill a month's worth of articles.
So this is where I will "pitch" them. Just for fun, I'll write the stories/articles I'd pitch to magazines. Feel free to comment, add to the idea list and/or subscribe and read. Don't worry, we'll probably get controversial. Just remember, it's my blog, so my opinion is the one that matters most.

And maybe, just maybe, I'll ask you to pitch to your favorite magazine. Just for fun. Any takers?

*winks*
Missy