Well, I'm over the worst of the shite at the papers, I think. We only have two big supplements to worry about now. The only catch is that the work will be pretty technical with loads of worrying about getting things turned around on tight deadlines. The worst of the month-end features are out of the way, which is a relief. Now the only push is the ( Read more... )

Dear friends

My LPI author page is live:
www.lyricalpress.com/nerine_dorman

The hard work continues. I may have landed myself a freelance stint as an editor for a fortnightly publication. It's money but it's also going to eat my very valuable time when I'd rather be working on my fiction editing and writing.

The bond on my house needs to be paid, tho ( Read more... )

Well, small miracles of miracles, I have a Friday off from THAT place. And what a day. The husband left for work at about 6.30am and I went back to bed only to be woken at 8.30am by the baboons charging down the street. The dogs were going wild ( Read more... )

If you can ever avoid it, please don't work with people in the property industry, or PR companies, for that matter. They seem to be of the opinion that they understand spacial elements on a two-dimensional layout, not to mention the vaguaries of the English language better than professionals who work with these concepts daily. For instance " ( Read more... )

This has not been a happy week for me. I've had no time for anything that I'd like to do and ended up working up to 14 hours a day. On the upside I've surprised myself by how much work I can actually handle in a day and have new respect for my boss. She's an awesome person to still treat people with common decency after a stressful day where ( Read more... )

If I have to look back over 2008, it's not a bad year all things considered. I've made peace with the fact that I really am in the right job at the right time and that, strangely, I DO enjoy (perversely) working with clients to lay out editorial about "Bob the Butcher's 15th anniversary". It's not that bad.

I had a client in on Thursday who made it ( Read more... )

Plainly put, I've had a kak week at work. My boss went off and left me in charge and I was severely let down by colleagues who just couldn't function under pressure.

Rule number one:
When the paw-paw hits the fan, as it sometimes will, especially when you work in the media industry, it never pays to lose your head. Before you run screaming and ( Read more... )