Holy Christ
Jason Provencio, Christian Author in 2023
$4000/mo to Write Stories For a Christian Streaming Service
So there I was, having a wonderful New Year’s Eve at home last night with my family. After writing at my office for the first half of the day, I stopped by the grocery store to get steaks, salmon, and ingredients to make garlic & green onion fried rice.
After relaxing a bit before dinner, I poured myself a nice big glass of Snoop Dogg’s 19 Crimes red wine. My Bride and I put some tunes on, made dinner together, and started enjoying our New Year’s Eve together with her sister and one of our three kids. The other two had dates with their girlfriends for NYE.
Oh, and we can’t forget Mooch. She was there to celebrate, too.
Suddenly, something unexpected happened. I received a DM from Twitter. A “Direct Message” for those unfamiliar with the term. These are always fun. Especially when they come from people you don’t know and haven’t heard of before.
Ashley seemed to be a talent scout of sorts for the Up Faith and Family Network. I hadn’t heard of this network prior to her message last night, as I’m not involved with a church, actively. I have my doubts about Christianity and just about any other organized religion.
I have a hard time accepting and respecting people who think that members of the LGBTQ community are going to burn in hell. I’m not a fan of those who preach at everyone while spewing hate and willful ignorance. I cannot condone those who support politicians like Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren, Boebert, and many others.
They don’t seem like examples of good Christian people in the public eye.
I’ve mentioned many times that I’m not a fan of hypocrisy. I want no part of that scene. But if you’re one of the good Christians out there who actually follows the teachings of Jesus and is good toward all people, then I respect and admire you.
Suffice it to say that I have my doubts about this potential offer. The lady who approached me on New Year’s Eve as I’m almost a full glass into my Snoop-Dogg-Jesus-Juice-celebration to end 2022 almost certainly hasn’t read my writing. If she’s seen any of these gems from my rookie season here on Medium, there’s no way she’d be making me a 4k-a-month offer to write for her Christian network.
That last one is especially risque, yet hilarious. She couldn’t have read any of these three and decided, “Hey, this guy’s writing is awesome. In a hilarious, blasphemous kind of way. Maybe he’s our fella.”
So what gives? How am I The Chosen One for this job offer?
No idea. I did my due diligence and noticed that her Twitter profile appears to be over a year and a half old. I like the cute profile pic of the white puppy cuddling a white kitty. I can’t seem to track her down on LinkedIn, which is where I figured she might have possibly found me, besides Twitter.
My Twitter is full of some interesting things. I love it because I say whatever I want and post what I want to on there. I’m not a fan of censoring myself, and I don’t shy away from making my political and religious views very clear. I also joke about inappropriate things because I find almost everything fucking hilarious.
Case in point: I posted this just the day before she contacted me. She had to have seen this if she was scouting my profile and determining I might be a good candidate for a Christian-themed streaming service.
Needless to say, I doubt the validity of this potential offer. And even if it IS legit, am I willing to change who I am in order for this company to want to hire me?
While I have no doubt that I could fulfill their weekly need for clean, family-oriented writing, what happens when they see an article like this on my Medium or Twitter? I can’t imagine they’d take this well at all.
Still, $4000 a month is nothing to sneeze at. Being that I’m making about $1500 a month writing on Medium and doing a bit of content writing, that would be a 266% pay increase. Not life-changing money, but it would sure make a difference.
For me though, that’s the equivalent of quitting writing and taking a middle-management job for some shitty company. Having to be at a desk from 8 to 5, Monday through Friday. Needing to request time off for anything important and having to have some douchey boss’ permission to do what I want to.
Fuck no.
I think I’ll stay right here on Medium. I love being who I am and entertaining everyone with my deviant writing humor. I like using the word “fuck”. I don’t need anyone in a suit telling me what I should or shouldn’t write in my own blog. I don’t respond to authority very well at this stage of life.
I’ll let you guys know what I hear about this offer. I sent the following message to Ashley to clarify a couple of things. Mainly, “Why me?”
They’re gonna need some divine intervention if they want to land talent like this. I’m betting on myself in this Writer’s Journey of mine. Who do I trust? Me.
At least until Seth Rogen hires me to write for his movies. 4k a month and all the joints I can smoke. Now THAT’s an offer. Write that down, Ashley. &:^)
