It had actually been a year since I wrote my last essay.

Wow, and I didn’t even notice.

I had written personal stuff-- blog entries for the most part– and some opinion pieces, but nothing intimate. So when my editor asked me to write a personal essay on a topic she suggested, I almost said no.

But she knew I had it in me, as I did I. And so I did. Fifteen minutes flat and I was done. Easiest money I’ve ever made, seriously. I sent it to her ten days before deadline, and she loved it.

Recently, a friend suggested that if I looked through my blog archives, I’d find more essay fodder than I’d know what to do with. Well, I took her advice and looked, and bloody hell, there’s a whole range of essays  and opinion pieces just waiting to be written. I haven’t even gotten started yet.

I pitched an opinion piece and received the go-ahead last week. Yesterday, I sent it in. It was based on this entry. The blog finally makes a profit. Five years and the blog brings in a sale. Easy peasy!

But seriously, how obvious was that? Take random thoughts off the blog, organize them a little bit and sell them as an opinion.

Who knew?

Big big thanks to my friend for suggesting the idea. Now I’m off to make some more sales.