Writing advice... from a finance blog

I've been reading The Simple Dollar for almost a year now, ever since we fell into extreme financial distress with the kidlets. Trent has consistently solid advice on a lot of issues - admittedly, it's not always applicable to every person or situation, but what advice column is? - but the coolest things about Trent are: 

1) he too is an Iowan (in fact, he shops at the exact same grocery store I do) and 

2) he's a writer.

Anyway, this morning Trent wrote advice to a friend about following dreams and how to grasp them. It's all about passion, baby, and how to pursue it. He tells us how he became a professional writer - he'd just sold his first book, go Trent!! - and how any of us can achieve our own dreams, what ever they are.