A few months ago, I discovered the writer Wendi
Aarons. Her humor grabbed me first, with her website, relatable
tweets and always-funny Twitter profile picture, but I also had to
appreciate how she keeps things simple in each blog post, choosing a topic and
following it through in the ‘short but sweet’ way that I still have to work on.
She makes a living based on her work, serves as coauthor of the parody Twitter
account @PaulRyanGosling and just
seems all-around cool. One day she published something about writer’s block and
strangers disliking
her style that made me think, ‘I should really ask this woman for a little
advice! I want some of the things she has and she’s been in this field
a lot longer than I have, so why not take a chance and come up with some questions?' I soon did just that, and – check this out, you guys – she responded! My work life has been eventful lately because I needed to change environments, y' know? It's time for a new adventure, so it was kind
of a relief to read Mrs. Aarons' Wendi's answers since they made it clear that yeah, I’m dealing
with the industry that Writer's Digest has been talking about. I wanted the combo of hard work, struggles and opportunities, competition, persistence and community, and this world has all that. It’s not like I’m trying to get a job keeping
nuclear missiles secure. Writing (especially fiction) is definitely my thing.
Below are the e-mails exchanged between clever celebrity blogger Wendi Aarons and myself! This has been a good dose of inspiration/reality for me.
July 7
Dear Wendi,
