Hired Gun

by dusty on Sep.14, 2009 , under Uncategorized

No blog post to speak of here today. Dane101.com hired me on as a freelancer to do an in-depth series on the proposed redevelopment of Madison’s Edgewater Hotel. We BROKE some news about the topic this morning, so why don’t you meander on over and check out part one. Parts two and three will run tomorrow and Wednesday.

I will add that the moment I saw the weekend’s forecast, I started kicking myself. I knew, with a Sunday night deadline, that I was doomed. I suspect I have a rare form of Attention Deficit Disorder that kicks in when the weather is gorgeous. Coupled with an epic penchant for procrastination, I prognosticated Thursday night that I would be pulling an all-nighter Saturday.

I was not wrong. Sunday morning marked the first time since college that I watched the sun come up from behind my keyboard. I haven’t lost “it” yet, but damned if it didn’t get a whole lot harder.

Anyway, thanks to Jesse Russell, Emily Mills and Michael Donnelly at Dane101 for asking me to do the piece. It’s always fun to freelance a little, but it really speaks to the character of the people who run the website that they pay their writers, while they don’t really even pay themselves. It was a pleasure, and I would do it again anytime.

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