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Exciting news: a freelance article I wrote has been published! Weee! It was for the spring edition of the alumni magazine at my alma mater. If you’re interested, feel free to read it (it’s on page 31):

http://www.creightonmagazine.org/files/spring_2010/creightonspring2010.pdf

I know it’s not as exciting as winning the lottery or finishing a marathon, but to me it’s kind of a big deal. I’ve been working at this freelance writing thing for the past several months, and it’s a really, really tough field to break into. Trying to make a living from writing is incredibly hard. So many people want to do it, and so many people are good at it. For most, it takes years of hard work and undying persistence to make it to the point where you can even supplement your income on writing, let alone fully support yourself by doing only that. Plus, I’m only a few years out of college and still have a lot to learn about the writing profession. But you know what? It’s been really fun. I so enjoy submitting pitches, thinking of interesting topics and writing about them, even if they get rejected. I’m really lucky to have a full-time job with benefits and enough income to support myself. But I don’t want to just rely on that. I would absolutely LOVE it if I could earn a sufficient pay check writing about interesting topics (kind of like how I write my blog, but that gig is currently unpaid, haha). I’m happy that I’m making progress, but I’ve still got a long way to go.