Letters to the Editor
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Suggestion: Writing they cannot refuse...
One must imagine that there are places to publish where decent writing cannot be refused. Write unpaid: a story for a small local newspaper on a community meeting, a blurb in a local arts & culture newsweekly, and of course, get a blog idea and watch your "hit" counter. The "Stuff White People Like" blog writers just got a book deal; we all know of "Juno" writer Diablo Cody. I write letters to the editor -- albeit forgettable, as all letters to the editor are, but my name's in Lexis-Nexis at least.
Publish for free to create a writing practice, do the work, and whether this can be your living should work itself out. LW, you've already got a start -- Cary Tennis published you in Salon.com.