What do editors do when they get laid off? (Or, if you prefer, leave to “pursue other options.”) They freelance. Bad news for freelancers: There’s going to be more competition than ever. Heads are rolling in the publishing industry even more than they normally do this time of year. (Holidays = layoffs, didn’t you know?) The carnage [...]
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Carnage in the Publishing World
Posted in Business Issues, Freelancing, Writing, tagged layoffs, publishing on November 15, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Travels: St. Vincent
Posted in Travel Writing, tagged elections 2008, Obama, St. Vincent on November 14, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I was in St. Vincent and the Grenadines last week, on a travel writer trip. I saw a raft of hotels from divers’ dives to movie-star mansionettes (Johnny Depp reputedly stayed at Young Island Resort while filming Pirates of the Caribbean). I also ate a lot of fish, went scuba diving, sailing, and hiking, and got a sense for the variety of [...]