Embracing the upbeat, stop the insanity (Day 13)

Today is the day I stop beating my head against the wall.  Today is the day that I stop hiding behind the smoke and mirrors and embrace the fact that I am a professional writer.

I have two degrees in music, but for the better part of the last four years, I have made equal if not more money from writing on-line.  What do I write about, you ask?  I write about celebrity gossip.

Now, I have walked around for the same amount of time being embarrassed about writing – and getting paid for – articles about subjects ranging from Kim Kardashian and Justin Bieber to “American Idol” and Snooki. Seriously, somehow I thought I was “above” this, or that I should be ashamed to write this stuff. (Did I mention I was cashing a paycheck?)

Yesterday things changed.  I gained the position of National Music Examiner on Examiner.com.  I had gone back to writing on the website last week and quickly found success.  I was ranked the No. 1 contributor in Music for the entire website.  So, getting to be the top dog is pretty cool.

Why should I hide that?  Why not embrace the news and roll with it!  Why not see this as a victory instead of some weight that I am dragging around behind me.

So, today I launched a new Facebook fan page that parallels my music page, just to promote the writing and start some conversations.  I will share my blog posts, my celebrity gossip, and some other fun stuff there!  Why not, right?  If I am going to pay down this debt, and writing celebrity gossip and music news helps me do it, then the more the merrier!

Come join me on Facebook; you never know what you might learn!