Welcome, Since this is the first issue, I thought I’d start with some thoughts about sharing writing and the reasoning behind this project. For most of my career, my writing has been bound by publication guidelines. Part of this had to do with economics. While other folks wrote blogs or submitted to literary journals, I chose journalism early on because it was the only kind of writing I could do that paid right away. I wasn’t raised to look too far into the future or to see the worth of my creative work as intrinsic. I was fighting to survive, splitting my attention between 2 or 3 jobs and school. If I was going to put time and effort into writing, I needed to know that it would find a reader, and I needed to know it would make me money.
Issue 1: Notes on Sharing Work
Issue 1: Notes on Sharing Work
Issue 1: Notes on Sharing Work
Welcome, Since this is the first issue, I thought I’d start with some thoughts about sharing writing and the reasoning behind this project. For most of my career, my writing has been bound by publication guidelines. Part of this had to do with economics. While other folks wrote blogs or submitted to literary journals, I chose journalism early on because it was the only kind of writing I could do that paid right away. I wasn’t raised to look too far into the future or to see the worth of my creative work as intrinsic. I was fighting to survive, splitting my attention between 2 or 3 jobs and school. If I was going to put time and effort into writing, I needed to know that it would find a reader, and I needed to know it would make me money.