So It Begins...

I've never had a blog before. I guess it's sort of like a diary, except the entire world can see it. So...not so much a diary.

Anyways, I'm 21 years old, Canadian (and damn proud of it), just out of college, a man,a gay man (and damn proud of it) and currently unemployed. I started this blog because I want to chronicle my journey becoming a writer. I guess so in the years ahead I can look back and see how low I started. Or laugh about how foolish I was with my hopes and dreams. There's a 50% I'm going to end up managing a McDonald's. Maybe that should be higher, but I'm an optimist.

They say everyone in the arts has to pay their dues. My dad is fond of telling me his KFC story, which is about how Colonel Sanders went to a thousand restaurants to pitch his deep fried chicken. He heard a thousand nos before he got one yes. It feels like this story isn't overly true, but it is inspiring after the 12th rejection this month.

To be fair, I don't have any place to whine yet. I haven't been at it very long, and while I threw a wide net concerning what jobs I would take as a freelance writer (horoscope writer and porn site reviewer were in there) I can't be too discouraged I haven't head back yet.

Tonight I'm going to finish my second to last draft of a short story I'm sending to a literary magazine. If anything comes of it, my readers will be the first to know (I think it's basically just you, Mom.) And this weekend I'm going to get wine drunk with my best friend Melissa and bitch about guys. They are the worst.

So, you know, wish me luck in my writing and drinking.

Your friend,

McGonz