Every so often, I get up in front of a crowd in a smoky nightclub and ruin everyone's evening. 

 

Before I was a copywriter, I was a deadbeat comic lying on the floor of my parents' house, in the fetal position, trying to figure out what I wanted to do in life.

Eventually, I got off the floor.

Then I got my big break: my best friend’s 69-year-old father needed help advertising his erotic novels on Amazon. I took him up on the offer, even though I had that sweet gig working the midnight slot at Chuckles.

Soon, I found myself leaving the fevered dream of e-book advertising to become a copywriter.