Can I just say how predictable some facets of our profession are? I sat nearly idle the last two months. Luckily the projects I had paid enough, but I spent a ton of time on marketing and personal projects. The second I realize our vacation plans are firming up, in come not one, but three…
Things That Make My Head Explode
It was a good work day yesterday. I stuck to my plan, which was to concentrate on my larger project in the morning and get some new queries out in the afternoon. I received an assignment from a magazine I hadn’t contacted, so that was a nice bonus. I like when they have topics and…
This Job, Not That Job
Yesterday was another day where I spun my wheels and got very little done. I managed to get one query out before the daughter came home and took me to lunch. Too much time at the mall later, I insisted we come home. I’m not buying anything, and I can’t window shop when all I…
Calling in Reinforcement
Yesterday proved to be a difficult day to get anything done. I had a dentist appointment in the morning – there went three hours. I got home and the phone rang. Normally, I don’t take personal calls in the middle of the work day, but I hadn’t heard from my sister in a few weeks…
Killing Your Image – Internet Style
Yesterday was a good day. I finished a small project within an hour in the morning, tweaked another one, and got some really focused queries out the door. I’m excited because I know the queries are spot on. The only thing left is to hope the editors are buying. I managed to get a personal…
Good Monday
Friday’s temp(Reading from the thermometer sitting outside – in the shade) Busy weekend. We spent much of it in the basement, the temperatures being just part of the reason. Actually, I guess you could say it was the entire reason. We were trying to get more AC to flow upstairs into the northern-facing rooms. Oddly,…
Coming to a Journalistic Head
Done! It took all day, but I finished my article. I wanted to make this one as good as I could – there were some conflicting study results and I wanted to present all the evidence clearly and with no implications as to whose study was correct. It seemed like a quiet little topic, but…
Pitch Perfect
Great work day yesterday. I managed to get a good chunk of work done on my article. If my day hadn’t been interrupted by an appointment, I would have finished it. Today, for sure. I worked a little later than usual – 6 pm – because of the interruption. I spent an hour trying to…
Avoiding Ethical Dilemmas
Nice, busy day yesterday. I managed through a small project in the morning, a large section of an even larger project, then spent the afternoon putting together a press release. I did a bit of research for my article, and today I’m ready to write it. That in itself is an event. I have this…
Terseness on the Edge of Town
Yesterday was nice and busy. I got in a large chunk of an annual project, and I made decent headway on it. It’s a huge document, and the client is hoping to have things proofed and formatted by August 15th. I hope that’s possible. In the past, things have taken much longer (it’s really big)….