My first writing "gig" was blogging in an online e-zine (electronic magazine) reporting on RuPaul's Drag Race for the transgender community. It was a great excuse to watch the show, but boy did I have to hurry and write a post as soon as the show was over. Talk about "deadline"! When the end of the first season came, I breathed a sigh of relief that I'd done it! They asked me back for the following season, but I declined. I still watch the show because I think it's a lot of fun! I've always loved RuPaul and happy she's got a show!
My next "gig" and current one, is editing content for Stage of Life in the Having a Baby section. This is an online blogging community where stories are shared. It's received tons of press, especially from high school and college teachers who are encouraging kids to write. I love the community, the owners and I think they are really on to something. It's my first paid writing gig! http://www.stageoflife.com/
The next thing I hope to do is write a book. Lofty? Maybe. But it's starting to nag at me to start putting words down. When I get the nagging, and I can't stop thinking about it.....that usually means I need to start writing something. Of course, following the rule of "write what you know", I plan to dive into the journey of surrogacy and how my beautiful daughter came into this world. Ironically, I have different "notes" (on facebook) and posts (on bloggerspot) and forum posts (on different websites) and journal entries (in my desk) that I plan to pull together to start the story. It seems a little daunting and now that I'm in grad school, I'm not sure where to fit it all in! Ah yes, grad school. It has me writing, writing, and writing......but in the forms of papers and it's just not the same!
Topics you may see in this blog......
- religious tolerance- if you think you're religion is the ONLY one and the RIGHT one.....I couldn't disagree with you more
- equal rights for everyone-no matter your race, sexual orientation or gender we all are equal. It is the one thing that is a deal breaker for me. I do not have people in my life (or hell, even in my facebook newsfeed) that bash or slam another group of people. It's my no tolerance zone.
- LGBT rights- yes, that includes same sex marriage. Abso-freakin-lutely!
- breastfeeding-we've almost lost the art of breastfeeding in this country and for that we should all be ashamed
- infertility- I struggled for 14 years and I will talk to anyone who wants information. We have to talk about it and get past the "shame of it"
- surrogacy- I lived this journey with my best friend Brenda and we have great insights into this. Surrogacy is not for everyone and we both learned a lot about ourselves and each other.
- parenting & children- I have a toddler in my house.....chances are there are lots of things to write about!
