{"id":385,"date":"2008-07-02T11:04:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-02T11:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/omeoflittlefaith\/2008\/07\/freelance-writing-is-not-glamorous.html"},"modified":"2008-07-02T11:04:00","modified_gmt":"2008-07-02T11:04:00","slug":"freelance-writing-is-not-glamorous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/omeoflittlefaith\/2008\/07\/freelance-writing-is-not-glamorous.html","title":{"rendered":"Freelance Writing Is Not Glamorous"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just in case any of you<\/span> are aspiring to the life of freelance writing because you think it’s a totally glam occupation full of interesting projects, here’s a list of some of the topics I’ve gotten paid to write about lately.<\/p>\n

\u2022 C<\/span>hildhood Obesity<\/span> (Did you know more than 25 percent of Texas children are obese<\/a>? Put that Wii down, kids, and go play some real tennis.)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Nutrition for Old People <\/span>(Tell your grandparents that experts recommend a low-fat, low-cholesterol diet that contains plenty of antioxidants, vitamins C, E, and B-12, and omega-3 fatty acids. Just so you’ll know.)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Things You Should NOT Blog About<\/span> (This was for a singles magazine. Thing #1: Don’t give out too much personal information. Brilliant!)<\/p>\n

\u2022 How to Buy a Used Car <\/span>(FYI: Acura, Honda, Lexus, Toyota, and Subaru are known for having better-than-average reliability.)<\/p>\n

\u2022 A Mulching Tractor That Cuts Down Unwanted Scrub Brush on Ranchland<\/span> (This was more exciting than it sounds because it was the voiceover for a video script, and because that tractor thing could turn a tree-sized shrub into mulch in about ten seconds.)<\/p>\n

Sometimes my wife looks at me funny when I make random statements about the environmental impact of salt cedars on a Texas ranch’s watershed, or about the virtues of eating fish three times a week when you hit 60. She thinks I’m just a font of useless information. But she’s wrong.<\/p>\n

I’m just a freelance writer. I get paid to write knowledgeably about all kinds of miscellaneous stuff.<\/p>\n

So I learn about it. I write about it. Once I’m finished, those facts stay in my head about three days, during which I take advantage of every opportunity to warn my children about the increasing risk of diabetes among inactive kids in Texas. Then I forget everything I learned and move on to the next project.<\/p>\n

I’m a freelancer. That’s how I roll.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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