First day of Spring

Well, it feels like the weather allowed Spring to peak out from the clouds a little earlier this year, but today marks the official first day of Spring 2008, March 20.
What better way to celebrate the occasion by getting free Rita's Italian water ice in Boyertown or visit your favorite park.
Fortunately, today was nothing like yesterday.
This reporter was outside in the chilly rain weather trying to get inside the filled Hotel Bethlehem to see former President Clinton speak to the masses about his wife Hillary's bid to win the democratic nomination for presidency.
When I finally got in, however, Bill was late by an hour!
Not that bad when you've got crowds of people around you, but we members of the media were roped off by bicycle barricades and not allowed to leave the area until Clinton had left the floor!
and fellow journalists can get boring!
No, I'm just kidding of course.
Look for the story on my trip to the Hotel Bethlehem for the Saucon News paper on the berksmontnews.com Web site under breaking news, or in the upcoming issue of the paper.

Everybody works for the weekends

One of the things I've seen through a lot of writers is the ability to constantly work.
Some might argue we have to, a seven-day work week might be a necessity.
I know I prefer working 6 hours for seven days instead of working 9 hours for five days.
Sometimes, generating stories and following leads takes a lot of time.
Even worse, sometimes we're sitting waiting for a crucial phone call.
That's why we keep busy with constantly writing, editing and compiling information.
Another way to work that I prefer, working at night compared to during the morning.
I like to get as much notes during the day or afternoon as possible, then write everything out at night where I can concentrate in silence or with the tv on.
I prefer to write two stories a day from Wednesday to Saturday, but that's if I can get all info during the daylight hours.
Sundays and Saturdays usually are the days I edit my stories for style and flow.
Line editing is done Mondays and Tuesdays.
By Tuesday at 5 p.m., the paper should be completely finished with design and the process starts all over again.
Tuesday nights, I am almost completely exhausted, so I don't usually write stories then, however I have.