1) I met Lewis Lapham, currently of Lapham's Quarterly fame and formerly of Harpers Magazine fame. From San Francisco, Lapham is one of this generation's finest writers and editors. His Quarterly collect the works from past greats and aggregates them under one large, unifying theme. Volume 1 released in November revolved around War, Volume 2 around Money.
2) Groove Armada played at Mezzanine, and I almost did not get in because I submitted their performance under the wrong date. Aye, rookie mistake. I apologized profusely to Mezzanine's marketing director. Have to be more careful with these things. GA played a great set, Mezz was rocking, especially for a $40 at the door ticket! But the railigs were filled, the floor was packed, the bathrooms were damp...you know a place is busy if the bathroom floors are nice and slick...
3) The Asian American Journalism Association had a panel of journalists discuss freelancing: http://aajasf.org/. The panel provided some illuminating points, namely have a lot of ideas, continue to network, and stay persistent. The group gave me the false hope that I could succeed at freelancing alone. False? Maybe not...
I'm debating whether or not it would be practical to try to shift more of my time and resources into freelancing. Basically, I would have to pitch and submit more articles for AsianWeek and would probably have to find some sort of extra publication. Where? In any case, I gained some insight and hope to keep plugging away. I have to read more!
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