That’s what Mme. Paquin did. What was supposed to be 20 hours a week picking up some extra dough on some paper’s copy desk turned into a migraine-inducing trainwreck. She stuck it out for most of a year, which sounds…
Rule No. 1: Don’t be a fucking moron
I can’t imagine what the excuse was for an editor changing “pro-life” to “anti-abortion” in an opera review that had nothing to do with abortion, but whoever you are, well: Thanks for all your help. Seems like every other day…
Blogs are ruining her life
Whitney Pastorek on life among the NYC 20something blogger elite. Enough to make you turn off your computer. (Note to any lurking assigning editors: hire Whitney now so she can be freed from this hellish existence. The rest of you:…
On giving up
Nicole Stockdale, who’s been blogging up a storm of late, linked to a blogger who’s calling it quits. The guy’s complaint is that blogging takes too much time to do well — a reasonable point — but also gets into…
You kids have been busy
Yesterday’s blogroll turned up a host of tasty links. Another trip through this morning reveals yet more goodies. Claire Zulkey on giving blood. Side Salad on seeing George Jones at the Florida Strawberry Festival. Some guys have all the luck.…
Another editor’s blog
Notes-to-self is the name of Cheryl Paquin’s blog. She’s an editor at a newspaper someplace but I haven’t figured it yet. She’s done scads of stuff online over the years — as a quick Google search reveals.