These are some of the things that bring me joy. I hope they’ll do the same for you.
Reading Time: < 1 minutes I continued to comment on my journal entries from my first year as a freelancer, showing the move from independent contractor to newspaper reporter. Continue reading In Other Words: Season 2, Episode 16
Reading Time: < 1 minutes Getting “psyched” — or not — is a poor excuse for doing — or not — one’s job. If that job is writing, you can’t wait for inspiration to hit you. Continue reading No great reflections, 1979
Reading Time: 2 minutes At $X per hour you should be able to cover the same beat plus edit copy for about the same amount as when they were paying you per story. Right? Continue reading Put on a time card, 1979
Reading Time: 2 minutes My journal from my first year as a freelancer takes me to a breakthrough, but I had not learned that all that glitters is not gold. Continue reading I could do OK! (1979)
Reading Time: 2 minutes The law of inertia: A body that is at rest stays at rest, or a body that is in motion stays in motion, unless it is acted on by an outside force. Continue reading Sittin’ on the dock, 1979
Reading Time: 2 minutes In which Hubris, deadly pride, sneaks up behind our hero and says “Whee! I’ve got you!” Continue reading Give him time, 1979
Reading Time: 3 minutes Today a budding young reporter can carry around the camera, darkroom, and video studio in a pocket and use the same device to file stories instantaneously. Continue reading A decent photographer, 1979
Reading Time: < 1 minutes The best part was seeing my first two freelance articles — one fiction, one nonfiction — in print. Tear sheets can be a gift. Continue reading Best birthday ever! (1979)
Reading Time: 2 minutes I’ve completed about 70 pages of manuscript on the history of Bubble Wrap and estimate that it will top out at about 100 pages. Continue reading In Other Words, Season 2, Episode 15
Reading Time: 2 minutes Journalists aren’t ambulance-chasers. They follow the fires. Where there’s smoke, there’s fire, and where there’s firefighters, there’s news. Continue reading Thrill of the chase, 1979
