“POOR MANS GUIDE TO RADIO SURVIVAL”

Postcard to Ruth Wisener, literary agent

Dear Ruth, it’s been 44 years, and I know you are dead, but I think I finally wrote that novel I told you about, “Poor Man’s Guide to Radio Survival.” Thank you very much for your support. You wanted me to write a textbook about getting a Radio job. I tried to sit down in front of a typewriter and write a story about how to get a radio job. Even having my mother edit it, dyslexic writers struggle to organize their thoughts. The problem is I never really got a Radio job. I was hired part-time at six different radio stations. I’d work three other jobs to support the radio job and constantly look for another one. People were always trying to get me fired, or I’d make a dyslexic mistake and I was pressured to quit my radio job. But I was doing what I loved, and for seven years, I was bold, and fortune favors the bold. I invented self-reliance that only I understood. I found an inner strength that I never had before. I found confidence within myself that I had never known existed. I learned how to trust people. I discovered how to work hard to survive. I found a way to keep my head and be calm when others around me were losing theirs. Most importantly, I learned how to look for another road to the goal of my ambition when all other roads were closed. It’s funny how life works out; I thought I was looking for a radio job all this time.