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Lyle McKeany's avatar

Thank you for what you’re doing, Britany!

I wrote a bunch of stuff in the summer. So many drafts that weren’t getting finished. I hadn’t published anything online besides a tweet, FB post, or IG post in years. I wanted to write a book about the last few intense years of my life and my experience raising a daughter with cerebral palsy. But I knew I need an audience of some sort to have any sort of success as an author. So I took the plunge and started publishing weekly. It has completely changed my life and I’m not going back. I’m a writer now. Sure, it doesn’t pay the bills (yet) and I’m not even sure I’m that good at it either. But I’m a writer. https://lyle.substack.com

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Mike De Socio's avatar

I love this idea, Britany!

I cried and screamed when I landed this story in my dream publication during my first month of freelancing back in October: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-05/in-troy-ny-a-small-city-s-new-revival-is-at-risk?srnd=citylab

I could not believe that I was able to pull off this story, too, because it represented a huge change in my life, and I was thrilled I got to share it through my writing on such a big platform: https://www.bicycling.com/skills-tips/a35166335/how-went-car-free/

And this story is near and dear to my heart, because it sprang from my own personal challenges, and ended up helping so many others. A reminder that being vulnerable is so powerful: https://www.rewire.org/coming-out-grandparents-worth-risk/

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