School and work are beginning to add up. It seems that 2-3 days a week turn into 12-14 hour days. The positive thing I can say is that I’m enjoying every minute of it.
This week I went to a city hall meeting on New York’s school budget. I was able to finagle my way into city hall early using my press pass (granted it’s a student press pass, but whose really checking). Going through the metal detectors seemed like an interesting sign of the times.
I had to turn in a story three hours after the event finished. The story turned out to be pretty whack. It was my first government/budget story, not that an excuse is called for.
The next event story I did was a forum on Earth Pledge’s green roof initiative. The environmental aspect of this event appealed to me and was easier to write.
But there is more to write about in the life of me…..
The freelancing is still going, but slowly. I’m sending out a lot of pitches (perhaps too many) but I’m not formulating them very well, mostly because I don’t have time.
I have decided to go into a working relationship with a friend on a coffee table book idea I’ve had for a long time. I won’t go into the details here, so much as to say that it’s a new take on the classic Kama Sutra. It’s an idea I’ve had floating in my head for a long time, and I’m happy that a ball (be it a very small ball) is now beginning to roll.
Unfortunately it looks like I will not be able to post as frequently as I like. As I said, I’m often pulling long days, leaving me too tired to post every day. But when I get the energy I’ll be sure to keep on posting. One thing I’ve noticed is that more people are coming to my site by searching for some variation on ledes than anything else. Eventually I’ll write a longer post on my secret to writing the news lede Wall Street Journal style.