Are You There Job? It’s me, Jamie.

It’s been a couple of years now since graduation, and I’ll admit that I’ve not been the best at looking at something in my chosen field because, well, the money ain’t that great at the bottom. I’ve had mild financial successes, certainly, since then, and I’ve been fortunate enough that, since my recent return to Atlanta and my subsequent return to unemployment, I’m not quite so hard-pressed for money. I’ve had enough time to do the one thing I didn’t consider doing in college: look at the field and find a slow, sure way in.
There are ways in to writing, media, and publishing, though not the easiest things to find. Sure, every one of us wants to be a full-on writer and be recognized as such. But how do you get taken seriously? Where do you get your experience that every single employer seems to want? Freelance, my friends. There are a plethora of opportunities out there for sometimes editors, contributors, and ghostwriters. They may pay, they may pay a little, they may pay nothing at all. They are out there, though. Swallow the pride for a bit–my own, personal pride was easily the size of a basketball and went down about as well as a handful of fish hooks–but now I’m starting to get calls for projects, and things are looking up.