Do you mind if I plug myself here for a moment? Again? Gee, thanks.

Tell your friends in Chicago to sign up for my Breaking Into Blogging class next week. So my picture hasn't been in Vanity Fair (yet.) But my big fat mug HAS been on Anderson Cooper 360 thanks to my blog Zulkey.com,--which has also gotten mentioned in the New Yorker, USA Today and the Smoking Gun. And, blogging has helped me do a lot of things; interview famous authors, get amazing freelance gigs (including one that sent me on a free trip to the British Virgins Islands), and get PAID blogging jobs like this one. Have you ever wondered whether starting a blog could help your writing career? I'll tell you what I know.