One of the cool benefits of being a writer is the people you get to know and the opportunities you run into as a result.
Those opportunities could be things that advance your career and bring in money (such as a new freelance gig), but more often than not, they simply enhance your life in some way. Many times they're ways of offering service with the skills you have.
An example there is with my doctor. He's known our family for over fifteen years, and he's literally followed my entire career...
Published on January 08, 2010 07:29