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Chaunie Brusie

Mom | Writer | Nurse

October 15, 2011 By Chaunie

The Moment I Have Been Waiting For: I’m a Real Writer!

As it so happens, if you find yourself pulling 13-hour shifts at the hospital, learning how to properly stick your hand up a woman’s crotch and find her cervix, you may miss out on one of the most exciting moments of your life.

Which, apparently, is exactly what happened to me yesterday.

I worked all day, managing to check my email once during the day on my phone (cuz I’m cool like that), but forgetting all about the online world once I got home, ate our delicious take-out meal, (courtesy of my sister who waitresses at our local fave restaurant. Hellooo free breadsticks!) and enjoyed a movie night with my husband.

This morning, after waking up to small, stinky feet in my face, and one diapered baby sitting on my head, I escaped to the bathroom to do my morning business. Excuse my TMI, but I also took my Nook in with me to check up on the outside world that I had been missing out on. Sometimes moms have to multitask like that, all right?

Imagine my surprise, when logging into my email, I saw a perky email from an editor at Babble—

“Chaunie, your piece is up! We’re proud of this piece and you should be too!”

I just about fell off the toilet.

My excitement was short-lived, however, as at that precise moment, Ada decided to come in to wash her hands (for no reason whatsoever, as they were not dirty, nor had she been using the facilities), in the process knocking over the ceramic soap dispenser and shattering it into a million small, soapy pieces.

So there it was. The moment I have been waiting my whole life for. The moment I became a real writer. The moment I got to see my name, that byline and the words I had so carefully crafted.

All experienced in my bathroom, in my t-shirt and undies with uncombed hair and unbrushed teeth, while picking up minuscule soapy particles off the floor.

It doesn’t get much better than that.

But enough about me and my bathroom life revelations. Go check out the articles already!

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Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: babble submissions, chaunie brusie babble, how i started as a freelance writer, how to write for Babble, my first article, pregnant brides, should i get married even though i'm pregnant, tips for pregnant brides 3 Comments

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  1. Roselle says

    October 16, 2011 at 3:31 pm

    Wow, it sounds too overwhelming for you. A very hearty congratulations on being a successful writer and seeing your name there. I hope you continue to do touch same merits. Keep it up.

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  2. Dwija {House Unseen} says

    October 16, 2011 at 8:14 pm

    Woo hoo, Chaunie! So, so, so happy for you 🙂

    Reply

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    October 17, 2011 at 8:36 am

    […] big news ’round this here parts has been the publication of my first two feature articles on Babble last […]

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Hi, I'm Chaunie and I'm a mom of five and freelance writer with over a decade of experience. My ebook, "Four Weeks to Freelance Writing," helps aspiring freelancers build a profitable writing business in only four weeks—and of course, it's perfect for moms with kids at home because #beenthere.

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