Étiquette : Christmas

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Wilf Popoff

Wasted Words: The Rebound of Christmas

Décembre 11, 2018 by Wilf Popoff | 4 commentaires sur Wasted Words: The Rebound of Christmas

Have you noticed how Christmas is sneaking back into respectability? Three decades ago school Christmas concerts and office Christmas parties began to disappear in apparent deference to multiculturalism. Even the word for this feast was proscribed. I promptly fell into line. Everyone should feel welcome, and I acknowledged that Christianity’s celebration of the winter solstice […]

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Virginia Durksen

Revisiting the Inner Editor: December Is the Cruellest Month

novembre 28, 2017 by Virginia Durksen | 4 commentaires sur Revisiting the Inner Editor: December Is the Cruellest Month

Last year, we published this post on the freelancer’s holiday blues. This year, we’re following up with our readers. Have you implemented any of these ideas? Do you have other tips for avoiding the holiday lull? When projects disappear in other months, the freelance editor adjusts her schedule and cash flow projections and stoically reminds […]

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Virginia Durksen

The Inner Editor: December Is the Cruellest — and Shortest — Month

Décembre 20, 2016 by Virginia Durksen | 11 commentaires sur The Inner Editor: December Is the Cruellest — and Shortest — Month

The little knot forming in your chest isn’t a reaction to the cold weather. It’s the freelance editor’s anxiety kicking in right on schedule, just before the holidays. When projects disappear in other months, the freelance editor adjusts her schedule and cash flow projections and stoically reminds herself that this month’s famine may well be […]

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