Getting Back Off the Mark



Holy cow, I just got notice of my deadline for the September addition of 4County Mall! The paper doesn’t publish in July and August, so it’s easy to get out of practice.
It’s been a big adjustment for me, going from writing a weekly column to a monthly one, even without the summer break. Deadlines can be a good thing. I wonder if I shouldn’t start writing humor again, say twice a month, on my own regular deadline? Then I could either have a few columns saved back in case of illness or other delay, or put the extra material into another Slightly Off the Mark book.
Or I could just dedicate myself to writing another thousand words of fiction on a weekly schedule. What would you do?

6 comments:

  1. It doesn't hurt to stock up in advance.

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  2. If you can stock up a few columns, you won't need to go through this trauma again.

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    1. I think that's the reason I started writing them in advance that first time, all those years ago.

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