Whew! Thank god that week is over. I spent the bulk of it feeling as if I was catching up from my trip to Michigan. It wasn’t all bad, though. I found that this coming week marks the end of my stint as an on-site proofreader, I started filling in the gaps in a piece [...]
Archive for August, 2009
August 28th, 2009
10 Interview Tips From a Reporter Scared of Reporting
[Photo via] For the past few weeks, I’ve been working on an article that has required me to interview various luminaries in the NYC-based sex-positive world. This kind of thing always makes me…nauseous. I became a writer, after all, so that I could communicate with others while simultaneously remaining isolated. I even take medication for [...]
August 25th, 2009
PSA: Bazen Careerist Kicks Ass in a Brand New Way
Quite some time ago, I signed up for Brazen Careerist, a network for young professionals that allowed me to share my blog feed and connect with other awesome people like myself. (You may have noticed the little bookmarklet at the bottom righthand corner of my blog.) Today, Brazen Careerist has launched itself in a whole [...]
August 24th, 2009
Last Week’s Link Love: August 24
Oh you guys. I am sooo pooped. I got home at 1 a.m. last night after an 11.5-hour drive during which I was crammed into the middle back seat of a car between my mother-in-law and my sister-in-law. I am cranky. Anyways, last week’s installment of Link Love is going up late, because I was [...]
Steph Auteri 
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No Comments » August 19th, 2009
Better Than Xanax
Way back in March, I wrote about pushing through periods of low motivation when it seems as if everything’s going wrong. Well, August has been another rough month. My car got caught in a flash flood, and languished at an auto mechanic for two weeks. Then – just when I thought the car was taken [...]
August 17th, 2009
Better Than Money
My bank account has been scary-empty lately, yet I’ve been busier than ever before since taking on a regular proofreading gig and starting work on two new magazine assignments. The money will come…later…but, for the moment, it’s enough to be doing work that I love.
August 14th, 2009
Link Love: August 14
I should be calling sources for a magazine story I have due in three weeks. But gosh darn it, I’d rather be chatting with you. Besides, 14-hour work days and car-related agita have left me too exhausted to handle work-related phone calls. I find that during such calls, I feel pressured to be “on” in [...]
August 12th, 2009
When I’m Not Home…
The other day, I mentioned that I had agreed to an on-site proofing gig, on one condition: I would only go in for three half days a week, rather than three full days. It’s amazing how big a difference a half day makes. I already feel a lot less overwhelmed, and have begun settling into [...]
August 10th, 2009
A Gig That’s Worth Your Time
[$6.99, Amazon] Last week, I found myself saying yes to a job I desperately did not want to do. It was an on-site gig with full-time hours. The work was outside of my comfort zone. And the pay was not great. Even worse, despite being among people for the first time in awhile, I felt [...]
August 7th, 2009
Link Love: August 7
Lordy, lord, it’s been quite the week. Since last Friday’s angst over my stalled career and my parents’ offer of a loan, things have been little…crazy. On Sunday, I got my car caught in a flash flood, which required that I climb repeatedly in and out of my car window like a character from Dukes of [...]
