The feedback from my ridiculous “Chasing Down A Logo” article over on BeA Design Group keeps rolling in. One daily reader of this site mentioned to me last night at the bar that he wishes The Reader had local writers doing this kind of writing for them.
“They should just give you some space to tell whatever funny story happened to you the past week. All the crazy stuff that happens to you, it would be a huge hit I’m sure. Plus It would be local content, which I know they always want more of. Seriously, they pay to run syndicated generic national stories now. You telling me they wouldn’t rather have something local? Hell, they might even pay you to do it.”
I shouldn’t say this, but I’d do it for free. The thrill of writing a weekly column in a printed newspaper is fun as hell. I used to have a column back when I was Editor of my college newspaper, and the thrill of holding a printed version — and seeing it distributed all over campus — far trumps whatever satisfaction I get from writing electronic articles on this site. The constraints of print media would be a welcome challenge that I’d very much like to tackle again someday.
I really doubt anything I write is good enough for such a wide audience as The Reader gets, but I appreciate the fact that someone thinks I should give them a call to offer my services. If I get brave enough someday, maybe.

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