Thursday, June 12, 2008

Notes From An Accidental Humorist

When an editor at the Los Angeles Herald Examiner called to tell me she was buying my essay, “Fear of Fat: Don’t Let It Make You Skinny,” I didn’t try to act cool – I shouted “Yippee!” right into the phone. I was only 22 years old, and this was my first freelance sale. Not only had I earned fifty whole bucks (in the mid-1980s, this was only paltry, but not laughable), I had broken into the newspaper business, or so I thought. What was really happening was quite different, though I wouldn’t realize it for years.

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Posted by judy @ 08:58 AM • (2) Comments  

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Hi Judy!  Yup, you’re on my greedy list.  Sorry about the misspelling in your title - it was late and I was sleepy.  I’ll get caught up on your blog when we return from Chicago later this week - can’t wait!  Thanks for visiting!

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