my daily grind…

01Mar09

My daily grind usually starts with checking my email and my Google Reader.

I have to prioritize and my magazine work takes precedence right now. Deadline for the writers getting content to me was yesterday, and I officially have received only one piece.

In addition, two of the major pieces (the cover and the centerfold pull out) won’t even take place until this week and next week. Also, because of the economy (I know, I know…) I’m not sure what the number of advertisements looks like, so I am up in the air about the amount of pages I need to fill. I need to meet with the publisher, advertising guy and creative director who is in charge of layout to see what it looks like.

In the meantime, I pour over my new Google Reader foler titled “freelance” which pulls posts from the links listed on my blog roll, all relating to trying to find work, aka: pay rent. Usually discouraged, my former professor from Temple, George Miller, usually has some good suggestions, pointers, ledes, etc. He’s always good to go to. He’s encouraging me to write up some of my expereinces and pitch them. While I’m doing that, I also have been trying to build and maintain this, as well as build my LinkedIn profile. And maintain my Twitter. Right now I am trying to do all these for both my business and my personal stuff, so it’s hectic. To say the least…