It wasn’t particularly horrible, not superlatively awesome, but, well, it was okay. I didn’t do much by way of getting stories published, though I did get some nice rejections. I was hired to run a blog and then, when it turned out the company hadn’t budgeted for real pay for writers, things went south, very quickly. All the writers did get paid, I’m proud of that, and I feel good about standing my ground on the way I’d want work with bloggers when at the helm.… continued…
Sometimes, in a worst case scenario, I get migraines from flying. I arrive at my destination with onion skin thin tolerance for food, water, light, and especially noise. When this happens, I imagine my head as an overripe tomato, barely containing its contents. I imagine brushing up against something and having the tightly contained throbbing insides of my skull splatting out in a messy, oozing puddle. Disgusting, I know, but when your head genuinely feels like it’s going to explode, comparing it to over ripe produce is a coping strategy.… continued…
You would not believe how much I am blowing it as a blogger. Well, wait, that’s not fair, maybe you would. Best practices, you say? I know what that means in theory, but you can’t tell me what to do. I’m crabby about the web, oh so crabby, even while I love it madly, and I pretty much suck at doing all the things anyone with any sense does when they give in and go online.… continued…
It’s not cold out — yet – but there’s an awful lot of rain falling from the sky. The seasons are shifting in Seattle, and when this happens, it’s a good time to turn to money earning pursuits, the making of soup, and other activities that take advantage of indoor time. As I’ve migrated to writing more travel essays, it’s become increasingly rare that I peel back the curtain and let you take a peek at the machinery, but there’s lots happening that I’d like to tell you about, and some of it you might find you want to participate in.… continued…
I’ve been writing on the web for 10 years now. Ten freaking years. And I can’t believe we’re still having some of these same conversations. I’m tired of the tedious discussions, I’m tired of the lazy logic, I’m just tired of seeing the same old tired arguments come up over and over.
- Bloggers and journalists are not the same thing. Some journalists have blogs. Some bloggers have journalism training. A blog is a platform, blogging is the act of putting stuff on that platform, be it journalism, narrative, photography, or divisive meaningless crap.
