This is Why I Write

          I'll admit, most of the time I hate writing. Actually, I don't hate writing; I despise it. I'll be sitting there, trying to think of the next line to put down on paper, thinking to myself, "Why do I keep putting myself through this, accepting stories that I know in the end I want nothing to do with?" I diligently type up what needs to be typed, send it off to whoever it needs to be sent off to, and congratulate myself on a battle won.

          And then there's those times, like now, when I am so proud of my work that I want the whole world to know. Most of the time being published doesn't really excite me. But when it's things I care about, moments that I know I was incredibly lucky to have, and pieces that I genuinely can't wait to write, I get this rush that's empowering and rejuvenating and makes me feel like the world is my oyster. (Sorry for that lame, totally cliche saying, but that's exactly how it is.) When I see pieces that I stayed up all night working on taking up almost an entire Colorado Kids, I know exactly why I put myself through the stress of writing about little things that have no revelance to me personally.

          I do it because, as with most things in life, there's always a price for the things we love. In order to get big time interviews and the freedom to write about things that really matter, I must do the things I don't want to do. All of the boring stories make me all the more thankful for the interesting ones.

          P.S. Congrats to Meghan Sharma for 4 stories published in one edition! Great work!!