“ I’m excited, Richard, because it’s not covering courts or cops or city councils or school boards. It’s not stenography or racing to slap content onto a blog. Someone is trusting you to be the guy who covers intelligence and innovation. They are valuing you at your actual value, at the value you know you have and that I know you have. All the assignments you’ve taken at the fancy newspapers and fancy magazines, they’ve always come to you with the sense that you should be grateful and that you still have lots of dues to pay. This is the first time I’ve heard you describe a boss who recognizes that you’ve paid your dues and deserve a reward. And, Richard, this is a hell of a reward.
— surprise happy ending! this time yesterday i was in tears over elliot and nancy’s seperation on thirtysomethig http://www.theawl.com/2010/08/seven-years-as-a-freelance-writer-or-how-to-make-vitamin-soup/2
