Last week I had the pleasure of talking with local writer Jaclyn Stevenson (blog), a full-time journalist at Business West, and a freelance writer and photographer. I met her via multiple referrals from my local network, who all suggested I start getting my name in articles to establish brand and make a connection with an influential writer [1].
In her email response, Jaclyn didn't have plans for current career development stories, but offered to keep the idea on file, and kindly asked me to join her "trends" circle of contributors (yea!) I could have let it go at that, but I figured it'd be fun (and smart) to get to know Jaclyn better, and I was curious as a blogger about how a professional writer works. So I offered to interview her, a turning of the tables she appreciated and agreed to.
