/lit/ - Literature

I want a job. My parents keep bugging me to get one, and I also want to be able to support myself and have some disposable income. I just don't want to work retail, and I don't want to work food. I've worked both of those over the years and I've sworn I'll never go back.

I would really like a job that lets me use my writing skills. Particularly, I wish I could find some job that lets me use my editing and proofreading skills. They're two things I'm actually really good at. I've helped countless friends and family members over the years get jobs and secure grants by editing and proofreading their letters, PowerPoint presentations, and opening statements. I've almost never asked for money doing this, preferring to purely be kind. But surely there's a market for someone with my skills, right? I just can't seem to find an opening.

I have a long narrative poem out for submission to a magazine. They said their typical response time is two to three months, and that if four months have gone by without a response, I can query them. Today is three months and I haven't heard anything.

I'd like to think this means they're giving my work serious consideration. Getting a poem like this published would probably be a big deal for my writing career. I've been rejected so many times, but I've had a few successes, too. Even so, I have yet to really hit the big time as a writer and poet, and I'm hoping to do it soon. Wish me luck, /lit/.

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No, to drink in general. New York's hotel bars are legendary. They can get a little pricey sometimes, but the service is always impeccable and the drinks are almost always great.

Beyond that, again, great neighborhood bars depend on where you are. Harlem has good stuff, so does the Lower East Side. Those areas are going to be more affordable.