Write on!

If there is one thing I am always inspired to write about, it is food. Being a member of the Arizona Writer's Association (most of us unpublished wannabe's), I get newsletters about book signings, workshops and available assignments etc. Last week there was a small little blurb from The Arizona Republic about their upcoming need for a food critic in the weekly column called, "Big Mouth". It entails the same kind of stuff I have been doing with Mel, visiting restaurants around town and writing a review. I inquired and was given a link to their audition site. I was intimidated by the length of writing I had to do and the number of essays on different topics they required. I spent 12 hours New Years day completing the damn thing. By the time I was done I didn't care if I had even written a word of sense. I hit the send button with a small prayer and put it out of my immediate thoughts. I was elated to have completed the audition at all.

I GOT THE JOB! I GOT THE JOB!

I found out today, I was chosen to write a weekly column in the Wed food section of the newspaper! Seems ominous and awesome all at the same time. Needless to say, I am elated. However, they want a "head shot" to publish with my column before the end of next week. YIKES. That's going to be a bit of an effort to get a decent picture for the world to see. OK.... the handful of people that actually read the food section, but hey, it's a start!!