http://www.bigmouthstrikesagain.com/archives/802 Freelance journalist Gary Marshall on technology, the Internet, music, Macs and more Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:47:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.bigmouthstrikesagain.com/archives/802/comment-page-1#comment-2564 Gary Wed, 26 Jul 2006 09:36:00 +0000 http://www.bigmouthstrikesagain.com/2006/07/24/thats-me-in-the-corner/#comment-2564 Exactly. Two of the four food groups (the other two are in the freezer - steak and burgers). Exactly. Two of the four food groups (the other two are in the freezer – steak and burgers).

]]> http://www.bigmouthstrikesagain.com/archives/802/comment-page-1#comment-2561 Squander Two Wed, 26 Jul 2006 09:28:02 +0000 http://www.bigmouthstrikesagain.com/2006/07/24/thats-me-in-the-corner/#comment-2561 And bacon. And bacon.

]]> http://www.bigmouthstrikesagain.com/archives/802/comment-page-1#comment-2560 Gary Wed, 26 Jul 2006 06:08:38 +0000 http://www.bigmouthstrikesagain.com/2006/07/24/thats-me-in-the-corner/#comment-2560 The problem with a "what's in my fridge" piece is that every month it'd be the same: beer! The problem with a “what’s in my fridge” piece is that every month it’d be the same: beer!

]]> http://www.bigmouthstrikesagain.com/archives/802/comment-page-1#comment-2559 paul Tue, 25 Jul 2006 18:04:21 +0000 http://www.bigmouthstrikesagain.com/2006/07/24/thats-me-in-the-corner/#comment-2559 Writing the editor's welcome bit at the beginning of mags is equally stressful -- and in order to appear as current as possible it usually gets written last when there are all sorts of other nightmare things going on (trying to send pages, chasing late images and copy, finalising the cover, preparing ads to go in sister titles, etc.) and so, understandably, many editors resort to a "what's in this issue" piece, which, while not especially exciting, does fill the space. Of course, you don't have that luxury. Perhaps you could do a "what's in my fridge" piece for those issues when you lack inspiration. Writing the editor’s welcome bit at the beginning of mags is equally stressful — and in order to appear as current as possible it usually gets written last when there are all sorts of other nightmare things going on (trying to send pages, chasing late images and copy, finalising the cover, preparing ads to go in sister titles, etc.) and so, understandably, many editors resort to a “what’s in this issue” piece, which, while not especially exciting, does fill the space. Of course, you don’t have that luxury. Perhaps you could do a “what’s in my fridge” piece for those issues when you lack inspiration.

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