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I have to admit, I felt pretty bitter after not getting any favorable responses from a recent story pitch I sent to several radio programs. I know, I know, it’s all about ‘volumizing’ your pitching; that is, pitch lots of ideas and as often as possible because only a small percent will actually get picked up at any given time. I understand that and see the logic but that doesn’t take my bitterness away or answer the nagging question, is there a better way? Anyway, instead of dwelling on all that I just kept pushing with the story and now it’s taking on a new life. So, we’ll see what happens next in the process but it’s sounding good. The new wrinkle? I just got hired full-time for some rather mundane but good-paying, temporary, office work. The folks at the company are great so it’s a good thing…but now I ain’t got the time I had when I started this project. Oh life, you just love to be complicated don’t you?

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Today my FaceBook status reads: “Noah Chandler wishes he could say pitching a story is exhilerating but can’t. I feel like I’m groveling for crumbs from the royal cake before getting beheaded. All the while repeating the mantra, ‘Fail. Fail often. Dream big. Get it out the door.’” There has got to be a better way…

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To all you audio-centric job seekers, the wonderful StoryCorps is hiring here in the San Francisco Bay Area. StoryCorps is a national project that brings fully equipped sound booths to towns large and small. They offer the space to people to share their life stories. It doesn’t cost the participants anything (anyone can do it) and it all goes towards documenting the lives of everyday people like you and me. Of course the best stories get featured on the StoryCorps website as well as other places. The requirement that excluded me to this job opening is that you need to be bilingual in Spanish-English…darn my teenage stubbornness of not fully applying my self in school.

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