I was reading a fun book at B&N called "Write More Good," a fake apa-style comedic look at the industry, and was struck with irony.
Irony: that decent writers spend years in school just to be paid $6 for 1500 word articles on craigslist, while stay-at-home mom's eating from crock-pots are making fortunes off their blog advertizements.
Irony: that as a writer, I just spent four hours compiling a list of great outings for the family and, on this, Jeff's day off, the farthest we got out is Barnes and Noble.
Irony: that, as a writer, I recently applied for a potential dream-job for a professional reporter position and after hitting "send," noticed a typo at the TOP of my revised resume. Yep. In the phrase that should-be "and an eye for detail" read instead "and and eye for detail." Seriously. Writers are fired for this sort of crap, but instead I'm submitting it in the hopes they will hire me. So, this is for you, Claremont Courier, pleading a moment of empathy for my moment of irony. Please forgive my letter "d."
Dang.
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