Friday, March 10, 2006

Mommy, Tell Me A Story...

Once upon a time, there was a girl named Linny who loved to write (and for the sake of the story, it should also be mentioned that this little girl loved to see movies too).

Well, one day, a little birdie landed on the ledge of Linny's window and tap tap tapped against the glass pane. When the Linny opened the window, the birdie stuck out it's leg to reveal the small note that was attached.

The note read:

Dear Linny, we would like to pay for you to watch movies and then write about them for our newspaper for everyone to see.

Signed,
Your Local Newspaper

Our local paper has a "Film Fan" section in it's Friday edition. Every week, local residents that have been hired to kind of Free Lance, write a 100 word piece on the movie of the week. They don't pay us much...it's about enough for a ticket, some popcorn and a soda. But that's not why we do it right? We do it because we love to write, we want to see our stuff in print, and at least for me, I love to see movies...especially for free.

I know it's not anything big but it's a small step in the right direction and it's something fun.

UPDATE:
After some serious issues with trying to figure out how to get a link in here w/o screwing up my format....I've have finally mangaged to link the damn review (you're looking for the one by 'Lindsey'...it's at the bottom). *Sigh of relief* They've just e-mailed my assignment for next week...I'll be seeing "Failure to Launch."

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  • 34 Comments:

    Blogger mistyblue3 said...

    Congratualtions Linny! That's really cool! Good job on the movie review. And I love it that you live in a town w/ that name :) The name screams 'MIDDLE OF NOWHERE USA'

    3/10/2006 8:53 AM  
    Anonymous Anonymous said...

    Good job, girl! Congrats!! I'm originally from a small town myself, so to be actually published there... well done! :)

    3/10/2006 10:17 AM  
    Blogger Princess Pessimism said...

    Wow...that's awesome....Your published. I couldnt be prouder =)

    3/10/2006 10:38 AM  
    Blogger Autumn Storm said...

    Wooohooo! Many congratulations, Linny, that's so great!!

    3/10/2006 10:43 AM  
    Blogger PAINKEY said...

    ah, I have been out of the loop for a while but I am back now.
    I want to say congrats. This is great. SHoot, I wish someone would pay me to see a movie and for my opinion.

    good job!

    3/10/2006 12:24 PM  
    Blogger Courtney O. said...

    OMG Lindsey Rice from Snellville - you just got yourself published!!! That's awesome :)

    3/10/2006 4:12 PM  
    Blogger SS said...

    That's so cool. I wish my local paper did something like that. Now you can put "Film Critic" on your resume =)

    3/10/2006 4:24 PM  
    Blogger Cheryl said...

    Not anything big?! That's huge! I am so excited for you!

    3/10/2006 6:36 PM  
    Blogger Nick said...

    Congrats chica... I might actually have to go and see that movie now.

    3/10/2006 7:26 PM  
    Blogger Jill said...

    Mazel! That is great... Byline city! You go girl! To think I knew her "virutally" when!

    Always a fan!

    3/10/2006 11:12 PM  
    Blogger Dzeni said...

    Fantastic! Which film did you review??

    3/11/2006 4:32 AM  
    Blogger Josh said...

    Wow!! That is just awesome. Congrats! I hope you are swinging from rafters because you truly should be.

    3/11/2006 5:29 AM  
    Blogger Lindsey said...

    Thank you everyone. My first review was of "16 Blocks."

    The paper just e-mailed me my assignment for next week. I will be seeing "Failure to Launch."

    3/11/2006 7:31 AM  
    Blogger A. B. Chairiet said...

    Congratulations!! :)

    Linny = real writer. And free movies?? Can't beat that! :)

    Happy Saturday,
    ~ Ash

    3/11/2006 8:40 AM  
    Blogger Phil said...

    Linny, you totally rock. I'm jealous! Congrats!

    3/11/2006 10:15 AM  
    Blogger Natalie said...

    Very cool, Linny! :)

    3/11/2006 11:14 AM  
    Blogger Px said...

    wicked bad!!!
    i'd love to be a film critic, or hell a critic of any kind
    but i think i'd be too opinionated in these things and put people off seeing them
    lol oh well!

    3/11/2006 12:04 PM  
    Blogger TrĂ©e said...

    RAWK ON Linny. I think you need to post your reviews here for all to see. I'm very happy and excited for you and this opportunity. :-)

    3/11/2006 12:48 PM  
    Blogger Outdoorsy Girl said...

    Very cool! I'll be checking out my Gwinnett Daily Post from now on for your movie reviews!

    3/11/2006 2:02 PM  
    Blogger Chuckles said...

    That is pretty rad. Pretty damn rad.

    3/11/2006 3:39 PM  
    Blogger Cari said...

    Love of the craft supercedes money, the compensation is pure delight that what you are doing fufills you...congrats!

    3/11/2006 5:15 PM  
    Blogger NotCarrie said...

    Sweet gig! Awesome:)

    3/11/2006 5:19 PM  
    Blogger Sarah said...

    That's great! Sorry about the next movie you have to see but I suppose it could have been pink panther or something like that!

    3/11/2006 7:29 PM  
    Blogger JM said...

    Hi. I wanted to leave a commment on Friday, but I couldn't get your whole blog to show it. It just kept comming up as a template.
    Heck yeah, we like to see our name in print. Who doesn't? I use to write for the school paper and kept all the articles that I ever wrote, just cause I thought it was cool to see my name on newspaper paper.

    3/11/2006 7:58 PM  
    Blogger JM said...

    Yey, Just read it!!

    3/11/2006 8:00 PM  
    Anonymous Anonymous said...

    way to go!

    3/11/2006 8:13 PM  
    Blogger DZER said...

    congrats darlin' ... I still remember the first time I saw my name in print over a story I had written in the paper ...

    best wishes for continued success and fun with writing, darlin' ...

    3/12/2006 4:43 AM  
    Blogger Innocent Bystander said...

    Congratulations, review is good too - so easy to just say: "it's rubbish because I just don't like it..." You didn't fall into the trap. Big up yourself... and Snellville... great name of a place to live... much more exciting than my Balham, London!

    3/12/2006 11:26 AM  
    Blogger Crazy Me said...

    That is too cool!! Way to go!

    3/12/2006 9:59 PM  
    Blogger blackcrag said...

    Yay you! This is great!

    I have a mutual-seeking-out interview tomorrow with a condo sales mag... I hope mine goes as well as your writing has!

    As for the no-pay thing, well, this is a start. Who knows where the end is...

    3/13/2006 4:46 PM  
    Blogger tsduff said...

    Well blow me down! I knew you were print worthy. Today the review, tomorrow... the world! It was a well written, entertaining review in itself. Later when you publish your first book, can I have your autograph?

    3/13/2006 8:00 PM  
    Blogger Agnes said...

    Super congrats!! (yes, I've been slacking)
    I'm so very glad you're doing this. What wonderful fun and experience. I'll be reading your reviews and I hope this leads to even greater endeavors in your future!! :)

    3/17/2006 7:55 PM  
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