A little history. A few months ago I started stretching my writing muscles a bit via this blog -- and it hurt to stretch, lemme tell ya.
I've wanted to start writing regularly again, and Movable Type's web journal software gave me exactly the ease-of-use and functionality I needed to get back in the game.
It's only been a few months, but 60 entries say this may not be another flash in the pan where I have a couple beers, get excited, and then go to sleep and forget about my creative idea.
Well, it's a start. Not perfect; it's too easy to ramble on, and too difficult to figure out who my audience is, but I'm getting there.
Launching off the confidence of writing entries almost every day, I applied to become a reporter for Cyber Soccer News, reporting on the Colorado Rapids. It's a labor of love, with multiple articles due most weeks and, you know, deadlines and stuff.
And then there's the hardcore soccer fans that'll be critiquing everything!
I'll be posting all my articles on a special Rapids Articles page for posterity, but hopefully it'll all be published, at least on sports websites.
After turning in my application, I realized that I knew the former Colorado Rapids beat reporter! Fortuitous, certainly. Well, I got the job, and I'll be tag-teaming with another reporter to cover the Rapids each week for a preview of all games and a wrapup for each home match.
There's a heavy writing commitment and I have concerns that the blog could suffer a bit. One way to alleviate this: on article days I'll be simply posting my article. Then maybe I'll take a day off and have a homebrew. Also, I probably won't be writing weekend entries.
So, that's the format. More blogging, more official writing to be published, and more on the path towards becoming the writer I want to be. Who knows where this can lead?
Bottoms up to my newest life category: Soccer!
Posted by BilFish at April 17, 2004 06:29 AMWay to go nephew sportswriter!
Posted by: Aunt Penny at April 19, 2004 10:16 AM