Letter From the Editor

You know, believe it or not, I have not always had the greatest job in the world. I was once a struggling freelance writer in New Orleans not so terribly long ago. I was always looking for the next big story or the next big break. I was always looking into the future at the possibility of writing for a national paper or magazine, writing a column and even becoming a published author. However, I could never seem to find the magic beans to grow a stalk to climb to the top, thus I was delegated to stories that nobody wanted to write – and often times, nobody wanted to read. Beat writing can be a thankless job and freelance writing can be almost horrific due to its inconsistent nature. There were many days were I thought of giving it all up to spend a life doing something much calmer and secure, you know, something like pulling weeds or working in a hardware store. But I never lost site