Oh readers. I apologize that is has been almost a month since I posted something on here. You’d be surprised how much I have missed it though... And how much I realize I need to keep updating it! I’ll spare the details of the roller coaster of a month that November has been, but let’s just say, I’m ready to enjoy the holiday season and am thankful for friends, family and this blog!
On a very high note, NYAFC (my new acronym for the blog) has proven to be the source of a lot of great things. First of all, I’m now freelancing for a site called eChinacities.com. One of the selling points to adding me on as a writer was actually this NYAFC (which the clever editors have figured out how to maneuver around the Great Fire Wall...yes it’s actually called that). So far, I’ve written a few articles for their expat corner section and some Nanjing guides, including one about this jazz and world music festival in Nanjing. In addition to the 200 RMB they’re paying me per article, I got a pair of free tickets to the opening show! The life of a freelance writer does have its perks!
Even more exciting was the article I had published on the Web site of China Daily, China’s largest English-written newspaper. I had been in touch with their editor and he asked for a writing sample. The topic was vague “life and working in China,” but finally the theme for my article came to me at 11:55 pm on a Tuesday night. I decided I would write about my use of NYAFC to help give a better insight to life in China for friends and family back home. I sent it reluctantly thinking my writing would be to light and fluffy for a newspaper. Turns out, it was exactly what they were looking for (after all the paper is government run). To be honest, its not the best writing by ANY stretch of the imagination, but it was still exciting to see my name on their Web site (and to get an extra 200 RMB in my pocket... That’s like $30). You can check out the article here.http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2009-11/12/content_8954806.htm
So I want to thank all my “silly” readers for your encouragement and positive feedback about the NYAFC. And especially now that this blog is proving to work in my favor for writing gigs, I’m going to make a resolution (about a month early) to start writing on a regular basis. While this post doesn’t have much of a “hey, look how neat/strange/fascinating Chinese culture/life/food/dinosaur theme parks is,” hopefully it’ll be a little encourager to keep reading NYAFC despite my lack of posts lately.
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