A Small Victory is three years old today.

Note to anyone contemplating a writing career: Read Michele's blog every day. Read The Command Post, which she helped develop and publish.

Then read every bit of advice which says you need to pay steep tuition fees, jump through the hoops that "industry experts" say you need to jump through, and, no matter, be prepared for lots of rejection before becoming "a writer."

And then laugh.

You need three things to be a good writer: passion, an open mind, and a keyboard.* Michele, obviously, has those things.

(If you're Jimi Hendrix, you can substitute "a guitar, three chords and the truth.")