random babble…

i received an interesting email today from an woman named adele, from liquid words productions. their company specializes in marketing and publishing manuscripts, among other things, and are working on an anthology about feminism in the 21st century. guess who they want to submit a piece from a feminist single mother perspective? ME! i am so flattered! the woman saw my comments on feministing, and followed it to random babble, and emailed me to ask me to submit! they are working on a deal to publish it in march 2008, during women’s history month.at first i was a little suspicious, as i would be w/ anything that comes to me online. i contacted a fellow feminist blogger whom i respect from the curvature, who is working on a submission as well. she also contacted me via an email address she could only have gotten from my blog, so she did her homework.i don’t have to pay any money to submit, and if it is published i may receive a small payment, but that isn’t the point at all, is it?due to some personal things in my life right now i asked to be allowed a little extra time, since the deadline is in two days, and i don’t feel that would give me enough time to do my best work. if the company agrees, then i will let you all know how the project is coming along. i don’t think i need to tell many of you how this is kind of a dream of mine, to be taken seriously as a feminist and a blogger. i also don’t need to elaborate on how i feel out of my league, since most of the other contributors are english majors w/ degrees and some type of credential, and this would be my first serious piece. ooh! nervous all over!the only other thing i am having trouble w/ is a topic. she told me a piece from the perspective of a feminist single mother. that is pretty broad.