jckottler
Mar 23, 2011, 3:50 PM
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My name is Jonny Kottler, and I'm moving to Ajijic in about a week. Many years ago, I used to occasionally write op-ed articles, (opinion pieces.) Once in a while, newspapers would print them, (L.A. Times, L.A. Herald Examiner, etc.) Yes, I'm that old. My friends told me that my single op-ed piece for the Herald-Examiner closed down the paper.
Looking back, I realize that I never properly trained my talent. Instead of trying to get into big time newpapers, (like the N. Y. Times, which I never got,) I should have written a regular column at the smallest newspaper or magazine I could find. That way, I would have been forced to write every week , and I would have developed into a professional writer. When I move to Ajijic, I will have the time to write. I want to find some sort of blog on the internet which might print a regular political column. My specialty is satire, although I also write "straight" opinion pieces. The problem is -- I don't know the game anymore. I haven't done it in 20 years. In my day, I knew how to apply to the newspapers. Now I don't even know which blogs to try to get into or how to apply to them. Anybody, have any ideas?
By the way, here are the first three sentences of my column, "Radiation Tour of Japan."--
Ann Coulter assures us that radiation is good for your health. She writes, “. . . anyone exposed to excess radiation from the nuclear power plants is now probably much less likely to get cancer.” This gave me a wonderful idea for a business opportunity-- the first “Radiation Tour of Japan."
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