My sister suggested I create a blog as it would be a great opportunity for me to get myself noticed as an aspiring writer. I'm very grateful for her advice and encouragement. Usually when people ask me what I want to do and I tell them that I am a writing major they ask, if I want to commit suicide wouldn't a gun be easier, and less messy? That seems to be the prevailing attitude amongst the majority of people I speak to. Writing is perceived as a dead end that can lead to one of four places; as a professor in the university where my only purpose would be to perpetuate the major that others see as so useless, the local book store where I could impress patrons with the fact that I have a doctorate while I pull in a paycheck just slightly above minimum wage, law school where I could sensibly bury my dreams of writing in order to get a degree that will actually mean something to employers, and finally, a low rent apartment in a bad L.A. neighborhood where I keep working in my attempt to 'make it' as a writer, kept warm by nothing but my dreams and the trashcan in the corner filled with flaming cardboard boxes.
In this blog I hope to display and improve my writing abilities. What will I write about? I honestly have no clue seeing as I have hitherto been unable to discern any specific area where I can weigh in with anything resembling authority. No matter though, I will do my best to make this blog entertaining and enjoyable for any who happen upon it, and though at the moment my readership is non-existent I hope to change that very soon.
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