Mute the TV and start scribbling.
For weeks I’d wondered how to fill a key need for my magazine’s next two issues. The official with whom I was working had a history of coming up short on content.
Rather than depend on him to suddenly generate material, I needed to give him specific requests. But my time to draft those assignments kept … Continue reading
You can make one any day.
The turn of the calendar offers a good opportunity to begin things anew. But I appreciate that we aren’t restricted in when we can turn over a new leaf.
Sometimes changes are forced upon us. This fall, my page layout program stopped working with my computer’s classic operating system.
I had no choice, so I made … Continue reading
These little steps add up.
This time of year, the publishing business pauses. As people take vacations, offices operate with a skeleton staff. Until the start of the year, don’t expect any decisions.
But for freelancers, these weeks can prove essential — both to finish the old year well and to give the new one a solid start.
Record-keeping. I need to make sure my … Continue reading