My First Check as a Paid Writer
By Robin Postell Hard to forget the first time you see your name on a byline, right? If you’re a published writer, you know what I mean, And if you’re not, you still know because you are dreaming of it. Frankly, I have never tired of it. Thanks to my father, I was able to make my first paycheck from a freelance writing gig before I was 20. He sent me on an assignment covering the “Goat Man,” a legendary figure who was known for traveling throughout the state and beyond with a passel of goats. He’d do handiwork for people in towns he passed through and was quite an…
The Chilling Numbers of COVID
During a second COVID wave in South Georgia, nurses opened up about their personal trials working the critical care floors.