Local Boy Makes Good!

Posted on February 9, 2006 | 12 Comments

First, I want to apologize to all my blog friends here for the infrequency of my visits to your blogs in recent weeks. My schedule and extracurricular activities has been very busy. Secondly, I want to thank anyone who has ever commented on my blog. Because of all the support and encouragement I’ve received from everyone, I submitted some samples from my blog to a newspaper editor recently. It’s not the New York Times or anything, but it has a circulation of 41,000 plus whoever picks it up at the newsstand. It’s one of those weekly arts and entertainment newspapers with a leaning towards liberal politics. It’s my city’s version of Creative Loafing or New Times. Long story short, the editor liked my writing and agreed to let me submit freelance articles to them. The editor accepted my first submission earlier this week and will let me know later today when it will run. I’ll post the link here when it does so you can all see it online. I’m still astounded that an actual publication is going to pay me money for the stupid ideas that I have floating around my head on a daily basis. I’m going to get paid to make fun of stuff. Why didn’t my high school guidance counselor ever tell me I could get paid for that? They just kept sending me to the principal’s (he’s a prince who’s your pal) office for it. I’ll continue to blog. The column they’re going to use my stuff in only runs every two weeks and they have other contributing writers, so I’m not exactly going to get rich on this. Thanks again, I just wanted to share my good news.

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12 responses to “Local Boy Makes Good!”

  1. Gary | February 9, 2006 at 10:27 am | Reply

    Congratulations. That sounds like it would be a lot of fun.

  2. Tai | February 9, 2006 at 12:57 pm | Reply

    Hey, that’s SO cool!Congratulations!

  3. Kim | February 9, 2006 at 2:29 pm | Reply

    That’s wonderful news Phil. I hope they appreciate you as much as we do! Here’s wishing you the best of luck!!Go Phil, Go Phil, Go Phil….oops, I got a little carried away there.

  4. Tigger | February 9, 2006 at 6:18 pm | Reply

    That is great!!!! You will be a hit I know it!!!! Good luck!! Tawnya

  5. Michelle | February 9, 2006 at 6:31 pm | Reply

    Congrats Phil, you deserve the recogntion :o) xoxo

  6. Lindsey | February 9, 2006 at 7:26 pm | Reply

    Phil!!! Congratulations! I’m so proud of you!!

  7. Meow | February 10, 2006 at 7:06 am | Reply

    Congratulations, Phil, that is wonderful. Best of luck with it, looking forward to reading what you write. Take care, Meow

  8. Natalia | February 10, 2006 at 8:34 am | Reply

    Woohoo…that is fantastic!-N

  9. berly02 | February 10, 2006 at 9:47 am | Reply

    Good for you!That is really something to be pround of.

  10. berly02 | February 10, 2006 at 9:48 am | Reply

    or proud of.

  11. Princess Pessimism | February 10, 2006 at 8:51 pm | Reply

    WOW…thats awesome…congrats! I like your blog. Your ideas are fun.

  12. Heidi | February 11, 2006 at 9:03 am | Reply

    Congrats Phil..Very cool indeed!

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