From Kate’s Writing Crate…
For
anyone who wonders what it’s like to be the editor of a monthly magazine,
here’s one aspect that takes getting used to:
I
always find this time of year a bit confusing. Halloween hasn’t even arrived
and I’ve been doing nothing but think about Thanksgiving for weeks as I just
sent the November issues of the magazines to the printer on October 24th. The
next day, I started planning the December issues.
Trick-or-Treaters
will arrive even as I sort through emails about December events and plan holiday
covers. One year I asked a friend how her children’s Halloween Party went three
days before the party date. In my mind, Halloween had come and gone as Santa is
now making his list and checking it twice.
With
my work schedule blurring timelines, I have to be really organized when it
comes to the holiday season. I shop early. I actually try to have my Christmas
shopping done before I buy Halloween candy and my gift wrapping done before
Thanksgiving because when others are preparing for Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa,
or any other December holiday, I’m wrapping up the January issue and planning
for Valentine’s Day.
Happy…whatever
holiday is closest!
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