Update

Just another quick update that I forgot to mention:

I've recently been trying to piece together what I thought would be an unbelievably lucrative writing deal by bringing on an amazing co-author friend of mine and updating an extremely, popular mid-twentieth century novel into more simple, modern vernacular. I intended to parlay that into a 3 book set, but unfortunately was denied the copyright permissions.

This was by far the broadest stroke of genius I have ever come up with, and to be shot down, quite curtly in fact, was a crushing blow from which I'm still trying to recover.

Since this rejection I've had very little, if any, desire to write at all. I was certain that this concept was my ticket to becoming a full-time writer- I was wrong.

I still have intentions on corroborating with my super-talented friend though. In our younger years we always teamed up well, and I believe that with our completely unique skill-sets combined we can produce something special... time will tell.

On an high note (sort of):
My newest national article has been sent to the editor, and as far as I know, will be published in around 6 weeks. My contract obviously did have a non-use clause though (with a kill fee, thank goodness) so I'm still not certain it'll make the cut. To be quite honest, I never really did get the article up to my standards, but deadlines are deadlines. If I were the editor I'd probably kill it... we'll have to wait and see.