All of this is excellent, and I nodded vigorously at this:
In New York, most of my friends were writers, journalists, photographers and publishers. Here some of my friends are. But they’re also biologists, construction workers, woodworkers, and health workers. It's good for my brain. It's good for my editing too.
I love that. So much of my social and personal world is not made up of media people.
You need to do that. If you end up spending too much of your time with one type of person, you end up thinking the rest of the world is like that, and it's really not.
This was a lovely article, thank you very. much both to you, Erika, and Jessica Reed. I am wondering though, how can we contact Jessica to pitch to her? I've spent quite a bit of time looking for emails on The Guardian website looking for the appropriate place to pitch and it can be difficult to tell.
As a journalist facing a daunting career in freelancing, this brought so much needed strength. Thank you for this!
I am so glad to hear that! Thank you for reading and for your note.
I rarely read Q and A's but I really enjoyed this. Especially about why she moved to Montana. Thank you
Thanks, Delia! I also really appreciated her honesty about leaving NY and moving to Montana.
Awwww...Dang! I would have loved to attend that writing workshop in May but my niece is getting married that weekend.
I am sure Kim will have more! Will continue to update if so.
Thank you! 🙏
All of this is excellent, and I nodded vigorously at this:
In New York, most of my friends were writers, journalists, photographers and publishers. Here some of my friends are. But they’re also biologists, construction workers, woodworkers, and health workers. It's good for my brain. It's good for my editing too.
I love that. So much of my social and personal world is not made up of media people.
You need to do that. If you end up spending too much of your time with one type of person, you end up thinking the rest of the world is like that, and it's really not.
I was also “nodding vigorously” at that part. Thanks for reading!
This interview is wonderful, Erika.
Thanks Darren!
This was a lovely article, thank you very. much both to you, Erika, and Jessica Reed. I am wondering though, how can we contact Jessica to pitch to her? I've spent quite a bit of time looking for emails on The Guardian website looking for the appropriate place to pitch and it can be difficult to tell.