Good morning!
On this day in 2014, I officially said, "Goodbye," to a career as a freelance features writer and officially became the features editor at The Herald-News.
I'm thankful every day for this job, and that is the truth - and it was one of the best surprises in my life.
Shaw Media had just purchased the newspaper, my family was in a rough situation, and I had maxed out on the amount of freelance work I could accomplish. I literally had no more hours left in the day and the amount of money publications would/could pay for the work was dropping.
So I had made the decision to look for a "real" job after Old Calendar Christmas on January 7. Instead, a former reporter for The Herald-News insisted I send off my resume to Shaw Media and apply for the position of features editor, which was definitely a stretch of my skills (not the resume, the position).
Having seen journalists come and go (mostly go) in this industry through the years, I'm fortunate enough to still be here, and I'm grateful for it.
I wish the same for all of you - work that interests you, stretches you, and gives you a tremendous amount of satisfaction at the end of the day.
On the fiction front, Colleen Robbins has returned Ed Calkins' manuscript Ruthless to me with her copyedits, and she said it was pretty clean, making me super happy I spent four intense days working on it over Thanksgiving break (Ed is very dyslexic).
So I plan to get Ruthless ready for Rebekah's formatting this weekend and a proof copy ordered by Tuesday. It's less than a month until Calkins Day.
And speaking of Calkins Day, we will have event details to you next week!
Also on the fiction front, Colleen is also working on the copy edits for The Phoenix, the first book in the BryonySeries Limbo trilogy. I'm also playing around - very slightly - with beginning notes for the second book, Call of the Siren. Can you believe I already have original cover art for it? (More on this later).
Finally, I'm finishing up the copyedits on a novel for a client, hopefully by this weekend.
Have a great Friday!
WRITERS
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BRYONYSERIES EVENTS
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QUESTIONS
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Illustration by Matt Coundiff for "Visage."
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