Hear Ye, Hear Ye
January 31, 2010admin No Comments »*blows dust off blog*
I have a radio show again this semester! There was a bit of a scheduling snafu so we only have an hour (rather than an hour and a half like last semester) and the time is a little inconvenient, but all is well. Lindsey and I will be hosting “The Patchwork Philharmonic” every Monday from 1-2 PM EST. The format and content should be about the same.
Also, I’m writing again for the Orient this semester. My first article will be out this Friday. I also have an actual column now. All that really means is that I get to name the column (and the column name appears every time I write) and I get my picture printed at the top of my column. It’s a minor thing to be a columnist (rather than a contributor, which is what I was before) but it will help, I think, give my column a little continuity for readers and give my opinions a bit more status perhaps. I have a big piece of paper on my door with a whole bunch of potential column titles that I’m still trying to select from/add to.
I’ll be writing bi-weekly again. I’m pretty excited about this week’s column, but I haven’t actually written it yet, so I’m going to go do that now. Typically, I write so that a solid first draft exists by either Sunday or Monday night during a week that I’m writing. Then I send it over to my editor and we edit it together. (In general, my ideas are a lot stronger than my writing, but I think my writing has gotten/is getting better.) I revise the edits we talked about, do some of my own editing, and then send the polished and final draft out Wednesday night by about 9 PM. The whole paper gets edited and put together Thursday night and printed so that most students read it at lunch on Friday. Just for a little FYI into the column writing process.
Anyway, off to writing and the second week of school. Hope everyone is doing well.
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