L.C. Holst – Darkly Dosed http://www.darklydosed.com Fantasy, sci-fi, & horror writing Thu, 27 Oct 2016 08:23:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.18 NaNoWriMo Helped Me Get a Job – Twice http://www.darklydosed.com/nanowrimo-helped-get-job-twice/ http://www.darklydosed.com/nanowrimo-helped-get-job-twice/#respond Sat, 14 May 2016 22:07:58 +0000 http://www.darklydosed.com/?p=704 Not only is NaNoWriMo my favorite time of year, but – on two separate occasions – it helped me get a job. Jobs where I actually get paid to write!

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