By Michelle V. Rafter on March 9, 2009
Sometimes despite careful planning, assignments get backed up, editors ask for work early or you get sick and miss a few days of work. Maybe you just spent all day on Twitter instead of finishing a story that’s due. Whatever the reason, you’re behind and close to hitting the panic button. That’s me right now. [...]
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By Michelle V. Rafter on December 2, 2008
Confession: I put off writing this blog post for the better part of today. I had good reasons. After being on the road over the Thanksgiving holiday, I have work to catch up on. I have six, possibly seven, stories due before Christmas and interviews to schedule for all of them. The laundry’s piled up. [...]
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