What's In?

One of my good friends from Jackson is doing big things in Mississippi. She has created a new publication, called In Magazine that will be similar to the give away newspapers that you see in restaurants and coffee shops. It is designed for Intelligent, Inspiring, and Incredile women, and will cover a variety of women's issues. What made her come up with this brilliant idea is still and mystery to me, but I'm simply in awe of her passion for this magazine and how efficiently she's been getting donors to sponsor the publication.

The great part is that she asked me to write an article for the first issue. I couldn't believe my luck. I was just wondering how I was ever going to become published, and out of the blue a friend offers publication to me on a silver platter. She has given me free range to write about any topic that I choose, and I'm thinking of writing about how hard it is to make new girlfriends. I haven't made a new girlfriend since freshman year in college, and though I'm very happy with my current female friends, I never thought that I would suddenly stop making new ones.

I'm not sure if this situation is unique to me or if this is something a lot of other single woman are facing, but I think it's a shame that no one is talking about it. We have thousands of books and magazine articles to read about how to meet the man of your dreams, but nothing on how to met that special woman who seems more like a sister than a friend.

I'm not exactly sure how I'm going to spin my article, but I was thinking of doing it like a personal ad. Perhaps saying, "Single black woman seeking a woman," so I decided to do some research on personal ads and how they are structured. I, of course, got distracted looking at some very attractive local guys on Yahoo personals, and wound up completing a personal ad of my own. I still can't believe that I gave in and became a pawn in the online dating phenomenon, but I figured why not. I got nothing to lose, and it seemed like fun because I could not stop laughing the entire time I was creating my profile.

Oh, it's been a very interesting day, full of many new beginnings. Hopefully, I will find that writing for In Magazine will be a big step forward for my writing career, and even if I don't find love on Yahoo personals, I at least hope to get a couple of laughs out of it.