Summer slowdown

I have lost all motivation to write anything these days. That's not good for someone who makes her living doing just that.

The "summer slowdown" as I like to call it, is hitting me hard. There's nothing newsworthy going on in my towns. With schools closed and many town officials high-tailing it off on vacations, there's a noticeable lack of, well, news. It's driving me up a wall.

I thrive on breaking news. Love it, actually. Whenever disaster or calamity strikes, I'm there, running on adrenaline, capturing it all on film/in my notebook. Lately, though, there hasn't been much in the way of breaking news. Sure there was a home invasion/murder that I assisted with a few weeks back (that story appeared in another paper), and the tractor-trailer vs. car accident that I got photos of last week (front page, above the fold!), but other than that, I haven't written about much except charity bike/road races and various artistic displays around town.

Come on, now! Something's gotta give!

If news doesn't pick up (in a big way!) soon, the next two weeks are going to be incredibly challenging. Our paper is in the midst of its annual subscription drive and we're direct-mailing issues to every residence in five towns to generate interest and hopefully increase our circulation. This is not the time to be lacking in inspirational/hard-hitting stories.