In December of 2009, three weeks shy of starting my full-time freelancing business, I typed my first ever blog post. It was about three sentences long, and detailed at that time my current workload as a freelance writer.
That post was the first of about (the total number escapes me) 375 posts over a period of 5 years, ending in 2015. Those posts, including that innocent, short, initial post are now housed on a (I think) "fried" hard drive on a currently disabled desktop pc. Sad, but true; there were (are) some great posts "sleeping" there, many of them an inspiration to me. The post you are reading right now is the beginning of a new weekly blog, for I have returned to the freelance writing world. You see, I departed for a bit, but a few wonderful folks, especially my wife Lucille and daughter (and fellow freelance writer) Stefanie, my fellow writer's group members Julianne Ostrow and Dana Fillhart, and especially fellow freelancing colleague Leigh Cooper, have, in their own special way, encouraged me onward. And here comes the standard: I apologize if I missed anyone, for I'm sure I have. I sit typing this post in a local Barnes & Noble, a spot I always come to when I'm feeling depressed, and when I have to fuel whatever writing fire is dying. There may be folks who, seeing my past blog posts and the ones I often post on social media, think I am the picture of positivity, writer's life lived extraordinaire. Not always so. But when I see my beautiful daughter working on one of the many articles she gets assigned a week, and my lovely wife marketing out of her heart's goodness for me, I come to one conclusion. No matter the endless marketing, late writing nights, sometimes late payments...(colleagues, add whatever I'm missing here)...freelance writing can be a wonderful thing. Therefore my return. Steve
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