Sometimes when you write shit down, you have no idea what's gonna be big when other people read it. Truthfully, I don't pretend I have a damn clue what excites readers--that's why I try to write things that excite me + hope readers feel the same. For those of you who haven't read it yet, I published a lyrical essay a little more than a week ago in the
Good Men Project entitled
"How to Stay in Love." I wrote this piece about LB partially because I'm still crazy in love 6 years after we started dating, and partially because the older I get, the more I realize how uniquely awesome our relationship is (+ I should know, I'd had
tons of shitty relationships in my life, so I've got a point of reference).
Anyway, Kristin Shorten, an Australian journalist from
News emailed me last Monday + asked if they could republish my essay on one of Australia's top news websites. And I was like: fuck yeah! So
here's an abridged republication of my essay,
"How to Stay in Love" in the lifestyle section of
News.com in Australia, along with a few pics of LB + me in Socal + Buenos Aires for your viewing pleasure. I've also included, just for the hell of it, a picture of the front page, just to give you some context of where my essay fits within the bigger picture of today's news cycle on this website + why it got republished in journals + news engines like
The Herald Sun, Courier Mail,
News Whip +
Optus Zoo, among others. My essay was even republished on a German website called
Ad Hoc News with a picture of Michael Jackson!
