Getting Back on the Horse

After a long hiatus from online writing, I am trying to get back into it.  I spent two years as one of the top Content Producers at Associated Content, and made a decent little income for someone who rolled out of bed every day and wrote in her pajamas.  I loved writing, and have noticed my passion for it never really left -- it just took a vacation.

After recovering from a broken wrist, and subsequent surgery to rebuild it, I discovered that Associated Content had sold to Yahoo!, and they basically took anyone with a computer in to create content.  The fact that about half of the Content Producers at Yahoo! Voices were partially illiterate didn't stop them from paying those hacks, and I decided I didn't want any part of having my work being featured on the same platform as other "writers" who seem to have no basic grammar skills.

I then began working outside the home, but always remembered how much I loved writing.  I didn't have time for it then, but now that I am unable to work outside the home due to Fibromyalgia, I'm ready to get back on the proverbial horse and gallop into the writers' sunset.  I have been applying everywhere I see openings for writers, but my portfolio was swept out the the trash bin with Yahoo! Voices.  It never occurred to me that one day my work would vanish.  I always thought, once on the Internet, always on the Internet.  Not so, apparently.  But if it were a naked picture I bet it would haunt me forever.  You can never lose one of those.  People have tried.  Thank God I'm not one of those people.

The waiting game is now in full force.  I am eagerly checking my email and stalking job boards.  I am excited to get back into the writing field, but without my work to show, it's a matter of someone taking a chance on me.  Hopefully someone with that gambling attitude comes around soon.