There are moments in life when all you can do is be deliriously happy because of the way everything starts to come together. Today was such a day.
I started at 10 in the morning when the booksale at our school actually had two out of the three books I needed. That's like a 66.67% success rate! A milestone, if I say so myself!
The second good thing occured three hours later when my former English teacher invited me to participate in a video for her research project. Who was I to say 'No', right? The whole thing is still hush-hush, so I can't really elaborate on the specifics, but I can tell you that there's a good chance this thing's going to go national if the research adds up.
And my third and most joyous moment happened approximately one hour ago when I opened my Inbox. Last Friday I answered a vacancy in a youngster's magazine. I added a copy of the articles I wrote for 'Den Hub', our school news paper which never saw the light of day and I wrote a little motivational speech detailing why I applied for the job.
Monday passed. Tuesday passed. Wednesday passed. I started to think CJP-magazine wasn't going to work out for me after all. That is, until I looked at my mailbox and I saw an email from CJP. My heart skipped a beat as I opened it. The second line of the mail contained all I could ever hope for: an opening in the Game section of the magazine!
I thought I was going to lose it. Here it was. Actual proof of a future in journalism. No longer the hope of turning my portfolio into a work of fiction or the distant dream of becoming a writer, but solid, viable proof that someone out there was interested in what I had to offer. I immediately responded and as of now, am reveling in the prospect of turning in my first real article. I'm definitely keeping you posted on further developments!
Then, when I thought I was done for the day, that I'd used up all of my lucky cards, a friend asked me to bartend Saturday night. How could I refuse such a thing after all the good things that happened today? Surely, I wasn't going to test Lady Luck's patience today of all days!
Signing off now, hope you all had a great Thursday too! Talk to you guys again soon!
2 comments:
Congratulations on the job! Maybe you'll be going to some cons and get some sneak previews.
Thanks, for now, I gotta write a minimum of 2 articles a month, games are sent to me for review and all expenses are paid as well as some other form of compensation, I'm thinking in the same manner as freelance journalism!
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