Well, for me anyway!

About a month ago, I filled out an application to write for the Xtreme section of the August Chronicle--it's sort of like the New York times because the Augusta Chronicle is a rather large region extending from North Georgia to the very bottom of the south of South Carolina.

I got a callback for an interview and only a handful of people actually get callbacks! So, cross your fingers that I get in and get to write for it! This will be a perfect credential for a query letter, and it will put me ahead of the rest of my competition clambering for Barry Goldblatt, Jodi Reamer, and other known literary agents of the modern writing world.

Give me any advice you can think of. They're going to ask me basic questions and I want to make sure to answer them to the best of my ability. And if any of you know what the interviewing process for something of this is like, let me know. My ears are open for suggestions.

Like I said, good luck!

That is very awesome. I don't have any advise other than try and prepare yourself as well as you can so that you will have the confidence to show them you have what they are looking for.

Congratulations and good luck, keep us updated!

PR

I will! I just pray I get it. Then, I won't have to worry about garnering credentials by attempting to publish short stories, which I suck at doing because of the binding word count most magazines employ.