Tuesday, October 14, 2008

I am officially a professional writer!

I just got paid for my first professionally written article! It's not much, and it's on a topic that while I do have a background in (security), it's not my forte. I'd much rather be professionally writing about toys, comics or trading cards. But it's a start.

I have to thank my wife for sending me the link to the request for submissions. I'm extremely excited and I feel like this is just the beginning. I've wanted to be a writer for as long as I can remember, and even though I don't spend nearly the amount of time writing that I should, it's something that I really do love doing.

I might go celebrate and get some more cards, then I can blog about those, but in the meantime I need to write my second article, "How to Secure your Windows".



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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 14, 2008 at 11:48 AM

    Congrats!!

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  2. GellmanOctober 14, 2008 at 2:19 PM

    congrats man! I can only dream.

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  3. Wax HeavenOctober 14, 2008 at 5:18 PM

    Congratulations! Will you post a scan/link to your article?

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  4. William NoetlingOctober 14, 2008 at 6:20 PM

    Yeah, I suppose that I will at some point, once I see where it's posted. It's pretty dry stuff though, front door security!

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  5. dayfOctober 14, 2008 at 10:10 PM

    Congratulations! Getting paid to write is a pretty cool thing. Now it's time for you to start that 1000 page novel! ;)

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  6. William NoetlingOctober 20, 2008 at 2:30 PM

    1000 pages is way too many, I can't write like Neal Stephenson. Though believe it or not I have already written a novel, WAY back in 1990, and it's still sitting somewhere in a box in storage waiting to be rewritten.

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