OH MY WORD! I have news! And it's the best kind! I just read my first published article IN THE NEWSPAPER! Yes, I realize I'm writing in caps, but folks, this is BIG!
A friend of mine who is an editor for the Tremonton Leader asked me if I would be a substitute columnist for their paper, and that it could possibly turn into a regular thing. Of course I said yes. I even get paid, (which is a given) but paid to do what I love!
It's a general column, not too different from blogging. I get to pick my subject (which is harder than you think) and I have to keep to 350-400 words, which can also be difficult. They used my first entry the very first week I sent it in! I have a feeling this is going to be fun!
38 comments:
Congratulations! That is so awesome!! :D
That is AWESOME!!!! You are an AMAZING person. Congratulations!!! We're all sending our love your way and celebrating from Washington for you :-)
Yay! Congratulations! :)
Wow, that's wonderful! Congratulations!!
Amazing! Congratulations!!!
Wow, that's awesome, congratulations!!!!
Way to go!! Thanks for sharing the fantastic news!!
Congratulations, Melissa. As you put it: to get paid to do what you love... Can't beat that, can you?
Wonderful news!
Congratulations! You must be jumping out of your skin with excitement. I'm so happy for you!
Fabulous news - congrats!! :)
Good for you.
Congratulations!!! May this be the first of many!
WOOT
That is awesome!!! Congratulations! I hope it turns out to be a 100 times more fun than you''re expecting it to be right now! :D :D :D
That's great news. Are they online? Can you reprint the column? Would love to read it.
regards,
mood
Mnay congratulations! Definitely a step forward.
YAYAYYAYAYAAYAYAAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May we read the column online?!?! Yayyayayayyay!! Congratulations!! Well done!! Take care
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Congratulations. That is big news and definitely a reason to type in caps! :)
I looked for it online but couldn't find it. Maybe you have to pay to see certain things. I'm not sure, but I swear it's there! LOL I cut it out and taped it on my wall.
That IS awesome! Major congrats! I hope it'll work out to be a regular column. You must be very excited!!
That is wonderful news- Congrats!
Fan-TAB-ulous! Getting paid for something you love to do is one of the best feelings in the world. I hope you end up with huge fan base.
That's great! It's so exciting to see your stuff in print.
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Congrats, how exciting!
That sounds amazing. Well done. Enjoy!
Congratulations, I'm so happy for you!
Well done!
Wonderful news! I hope this does indeed turn into a regular gig. Congrats!
Congratulations! That is wonderful news, so happy for you :)
How great! I write political editorial columns from time to time and love it. It's great fun! And like you say: it pays!
Congrats! It's a blast writing for a local pub!
That is really awesome! Congrats!!
CONGRATULATIONS!!! How very exciting!!! I'm so very happy for you! Good job! :)
~Melissa
Me again! :)
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Big Congratulations on your new writing JOB! What fun!
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That's great news! I'm so happy for you.
Yay congratulations that's wonderful news :-)
Well done. I can just imagine how you must feel, it's a wonderful feeling when something really uplifting happens to us affirming our worth. I'm sure that if you didn't have ears the top of your head would have fallen off, huge smile. God bless you and thanks for this post, even I'm encouraged by it, and I'm on the other side of the world. Lots of love, Geoff.
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