I got my first paid writing gig in 2007. For $5 a piece and a modest revenue share, I wrote about breast feeding, not breast feeding, diapers, binkies, playdates, teething, crib bumpers, carseats, carriers, and anything else that might attract ads in the crowded but coveted...

When I was a kid, I liked the idea of writing. I didn't understand that most of writing is re-writing, so when my stories were plain and terrible, I stopped writing.

Somehow I always came back...