Thursday, March 25, 2021

SOL March 25: Depending on when you met me...

I might have been

            —listening to a baseball game on the radio late at night in the late 1950s;

            —a college dropout living in a commune in Washington, D.C.;

            —riding in a car late at night through Pennsylvania to visit my boyfriend in New York City;

            —a new assistant editor after my boss died, and I was unable to write a rejection letter unless I pretended to be my own secretary (because I didn’t have one);

            —a free-lance part-time copy editor at one of my favorite publications, “The Village Voice”; then full-time staff; then copy chief;

            —a free-lance part-time copy editor at “Publishers Weekly”; then full-time staff; then managing editor;

            —co-founder of the Network of East-West Women, an organization supporting women activists in the newly non-communist countries of Eastern Europe;

            —a member of multiple writing communities, including this one.

 

(I got this idea from Heidi's Musings, and just what I needed for a late-night post.)

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I’m participating in the 14th annual Slice of Life Challenge over at Two Writing Teachers. This is day 10 of the 31-day challenge.  It’s not too late to make space for daily writing in a community that is encouraging, enthusiastic, and eager to read what you have to slice about.  Join in!

 


7 comments:

  1. Second time I've seen this illuminating format. Yours reads like eight slices of life in one.

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  2. Dear Sonia,

    This is the first of its kind for me - seeing the "Depending on When You Met Me" style. I like it! And I must say, you are quite the impressive trendsetter and adventurer. Thank you for what you've added to so many lives - and even in this brief post - my own. #lovedit

    ~Carla Michelle

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    1. Thank you, Carla. I hope this format idea spreads. It's a great way for people to see what they have actually accomplished in life, when too often we only remember what we wanted to do and didn't.

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  3. You have lived many lifetimes. Impressive!

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  4. I've seen several "Depending on When You Met Me" post, this is the one to beat. Nothing like mileage for material. Also good for playing liars poker as an ice-breaker with a class of first year college students.

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  5. Thank you for joining my party - ID Required! It has been fun reading about everyone's lives before today. I love reading about your writing experience! Thanks for joining and I will add your post to my round-up!

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  6. thank you, Leigh Anne. This is such an encouraging format. I was so glad to see the post Heidi did, because I knew a day would come when I wouldn't know what to slice. And I impress myself when I go through what i've accomplished in my long life.

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