As much as I hate to do this, I'm going to have to take a break from posting for the foreseeable future. I've been arguing this decision with myself for a few weeks now.
When I started posting Victory Tour last summer, I had 50 days written and felt I could maintain that cushion, but life had other plans. The last post covered Oct. 7. I am just now Writing Nov. 2, so my lead is down to 25 days. I need to build that back up and also have time for closer editing.
But the time I have to devote to the story has been lessened thanks to changes at the little weekly newspaper I help with. A lady who wrote some small articles (church news, 4-H club reports, etc.) decided she wasn't going to hang around for the new owners to take over and found another job. Guess who had the honor of picking up most of the slack?
Then, the sale fell apart for some reason. The current owners are going to hold on for a little longer. One thing they decided on was moving print deadline up to early afternoon on deadline day. Last week, I turned in my last article around 10:30 p.m. This week, it was more like 3:30, but I worked until 1:30 a.m. that morning to make it possible. I'll have to start spending weekends on newspaper stuff instead of the story.
That's because we started with fall sports last week. Volleyball is playing actual matches and football has scrimmaged twice. It's not going to get any better until probably after Thanksgiving.
I'll do what I can, but please be patient.
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