Freelance Writing for Newspapers
No matter how many times I see my writing published, it never
stops being the best adrenaline rush ever.
Yesterday one of my articles appeared in a national newspaper.
No big deal, really: I mean, I am a freelance journalist, so
you'd think I'd be used to seeing my name in print by now. Not
so. Rather than waiting for a break in my workload and taking a
leisurely stroll to the newsagents to collect said paper, I
hot-footed in down there as soon as I was dressed, like a kid at
Christmas.
I had located the page with my by-line before I even reached the
checkout, and I really had to exercise enormous self-control not
to thrust the newspaper under the check-out assistant's nose and
say, "Look! That's me! That's my name! In the paper!" I
managed to restrain myself, and just did that to my fianc