Out of the Game

    For those of you who may not yet be in the know, I've gotten out of the wine distribution game.  After 12 years in the biz I've finally decided to hang up my wine bag.  My plan is to focus on food writing.  I know, I know, some of you who read my stuff think I have possibly lost what bit of mind I have left because most of us have read bathroom graffiti that's better than my crap.  Not to mention the fact my posts are few and infrequent.  That's about to change.  I'm kind of using this blog as a crass first draft for my musings.  This will be good for first drafts because I spoke with my mother yesterday and she suggested in the nicest way that I should refrain from using the colorful language that I'm so fond of.  Fuck, shit, piss; sorry Mom, must be the Torrettes I don't have ;)  This stuff is just for fun, for now.

    What sucks about writing to get paid (hopefully) is that not only can I not swear as usual, I must pay attention to sentence structure, punctuation, usage, and the dreaded AP Style.  Luckily, I can spell reasonably well, without using spell check.  But still some of you are saying to yourselves, "Dude, you suck.  Who is going to pay you for your crap?  You're gonna starve."  All of which may be true, but I have to give it a shot.  I'm not completely crazy; I'm going to find a "real" job to pay the bills until I can get some momentum on this writing thang.

    With all of this career/life change, we are seriously thinking of forgoing our comfy beach life and cruise on down to the "big city" to make Charleston our home.  It's not too far from the beach and has more than 4 restaurants that are worth a shit.  Important things for an aspiring food writer and wantabe surfer/skater. 

   What's also cool is that I can actually speak my mind as far as restaurants go since I no longer have them as clients.  In the wine biz we often go to restaurants we dislike to spend money and be seen hoping to gain more business.  Now I can review them being totally unbiased.  Luckily for them I'm not malicious or I would slaughter some of the dumbasses that I've dealt with over the years.  However, if I feel truly nasty I'll write under a pen name, no pun intended.

    That's it for now.  Be on the lookout for some of my stuff in major publications around the world.  Ok, now I'm getting delusional.  Seriously, if anyone knows editors, publishers, etc. looking for content about food and wine, don't let them read this garbage, I'll write something good.

Ciao down,
Penn

Comments

  1. Cathy CaseyNovember 3, 2011 at 5:01 PM

    Tres bien.

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  2. Page CollinsNovember 6, 2011 at 5:22 PM

    More power to you! Penn is the PERFECT name for a writer.

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  3. AnonymousNovember 7, 2011 at 1:33 PM

    Write on Broham! The people are hungry and want more, feed us please. Aloha

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  4. AnonymousNovember 11, 2011 at 12:13 PM

    So pleased that someone listens to their mother! However, you did seem a bit "hard of hearing" in this piece. Keep up the good work!

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  5. UnknownNovember 13, 2011 at 1:37 AM

    Looking forward to living vicariously through your musings... taste by taste!

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