Update: I am back working at our local paper. Last fall the editor quit, and they haven’t found another. I’m there full-time since Jan., and eventually I will become the editor because there isn’t anyone else willing to do it. It’s exciting, but I know I have quite a lot to learn, so it’s scary too. When I think about it generally…quite scary. I’m not even sure which questions to ask, or even who to ask. I am learning and making mistakes under the view of the entire town. This, from a person who was afraid to try and get a short story published not long ago! These folks are harsh critics. Talk about jumping off into the abyss!
But I did get a taste of it last spring around this time, when the editor who used to be there was off with a back injury and I went in cold to try my best to do what I wasn’t qualified to do. Still, I knew then that my situation was temporary. Now it isn’t. But I’m dealing with it.
