In a message dated 4/1/2004 2:01:22 PM Eastern Standard Time, audities-owner@smoe.org writes:

> How many people on this list derive an income from freelance writing? And
> what type of writing? (e.g. music, journalism, newsprint, 
> etc.)

I get a LITTLE dough on the side freelancing, but not about music anymore. I write about aviation history for things like "Flight Journal." Writing about music, I discovered, was a one-way ticket to living in your parents basement unless you wanted to be a relentless suck-up and spend most of your time scmoozing editors instead of actually focusing on the subject of your writing. Final straw: Gina Arnold had a steady gig, but Steve Stolder gets fired. 

Now, I'm editor of Semiconductor Manufacturing Magazine. I take secret glee in sneaking in headlines like "AMD has Its Mojo Working, and They Thought You'd Like to Know."

--Chris Bucholtz