Steve X-Men Comics: My father is a 92 yo retired writer/editor for major newspapers and magazines. Every convo about modern journalism is pretty brutal. I’d feel bad except for how he destroyed, absolutely destroyed, every paper of mine he ever glanced at. Bled red ink.

did you know there used to be writers where that was their whole job

My father is a 92 yo retired writer/editor for major newspapers and magazines. Every convo about modern journalism is pretty brutal. I’d feel bad except for how he destroyed, absolutely destroyed, every paper of mine he ever glanced at. Bled red ink.

Can I show up at your dad’s house with a bottle of good Scotch and all my grievances about passive voice in media?

That would def work, and he likes scotch for sure. He worked at the Associated Press in NY in the 60’s - he has some crazy stories.

The spec writer to professional poker player to technical writer to whatever the hell I am now pipeline is real.

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