[ShasheMac]

Nice of you to be so compassionate. No where does the author say all his applications were for writing work, just that he does seek out work in a field in which he feels competent. Perhaps he has applied for jobs that don’t require a pencil.

[Martin Tell]

Read the article. Every job he applied for is "pencil ready."

As far as compassion goes, I've been unemployed, more than once. How about you? I did not find another job by complaining - no one wants to be around, let alone hire someone like that. It's not compassion to enable folks who wallow in pessimism.

[John D]

Nice of you to be so compassionate. No where does the author say all his applications were for writing work, just that he does seek out work in a field in which he feels competent. Perhaps he has applied for jobs that don’t require a pencil.

30 months. 400 applications. Less than 15 a month. One every other day. If I was unemployed I would be putting out 15 a day. I guess that is why I have never lost my job. I am willing to work.