I Wanna be Published

No, I don't have high hopes for a book deal, or plans to sell my memoirs. All I want is to get my tip published in one of two magazines. Family Circle and Parents both have reader's tips each month. Family Circle pays $50 and Parents pays $25 if they use your tip. I always read these tidbits people send in and think- "Hey! I've had that idea before!" or "I do that already." or "I can think of something like this." So, today I emailed a tip to each magazine. Different tips, of course, to fit the type of magazine. So far, no word back. I was hoping they'd be beating down my door by now praising my glorious tips. What were the tips, you might ask? Well, if they don't get published within the next month, maybe I'll share. By the way, the more you say the word "tip" the stranger it becomes.