I Love Cats

Threw out a random query the other day for a publication called "I Love Cats". The editor was wonderful enough to get back to me very quickly saying she was interested in reading my piece, I sent it to her, and now the waiting game begins. I dislike the waiting game very much, more so than the payment game. The payment game is no picnic depending on when someone will write a check after the publication is signed on and it could be years before anyone sees any money. One of the fun things about being a full time freelancer. Money comes and money goes, I have to learn how to save my pennies now. I have five other queries in the email bank waiting to be written with none of the articles actually written yet. I find both the prospect of writing pitches and then writing articles intimidating, is that okay for a writer? I generally write queries based off tiny snippets of ideas, if accepted I'll pen out a full fledged article, is that lazy of me?