It’s Maury’s job to prevent Ermintrude’s desk from becoming so over-stacked with proposals that she can’t find her phone. That means, in practice, that he’s going to weed out any proposal that doesn’t sound interesting right off the bat. He’s also going to reject those that ...
He was sure that his job as an Institutional Salesman at a leading Investment Bank was secure. After all, he alone was responsible for the largest investment funds the bank dealt with and had spent the last ten plus years cultivating those relationships. Bill thought nothing of jumping on a ...
Millicent, Maury, and Mehitabel are so conditioned to expect professional formatting that when they see a submission that deviates from the rules in any significant respect, they tend to assume, as did the hypothetical tableful of editors above, that the writer is falling down on the job...
I silently muttered to myself,“I hate this job,” and then spoke. “I am Detective Lieutenant Elijah Boone of the New Orleans Police Department. My partner, Detective Sergeant Hank Guidry. Let’s start with who are you?” His eyes turned to daggers as I suspected he was offended that...
Cathy Roussos, a Greek-American single mom, swore off love many years ago after a painful breakup. Her seven-year-old son, the energetic but rather shy Leo, is everything she lives for. When she takes a temp job as a housekeeper for the Christmas season at a small family farm on the...
I suppose the biggest reason why I return is to celebrate the holidays with people I haven’t seen in months. What could be better than sitting with family and friends for a Thanksgiving turkey dinner, or watching neighbors’ children excitedly open gifts on Christmas? Even the first snowfall...
The spa is going to attract people most definitely - there will be nothing else like it.' The idea was that Fergie, with her job as the 'ambassador' for WeightWatchers in America, could do the publicity, while Ilona would put in the money. 'Fergie is not going to bring in the ...
“That’s my future editor’s job to fix. All that matters is the writing, right?” Actually, no. Any good agent receives far, far too many beautifully-written manuscripts from aspiring writers who have taken the time to present them properly to waste her time with those that do not. ...
But the fact is, simple etiquette forbids charging up to a total stranger, even if you have an appointment with her, and blurting, “There’s this good actor who can’t get a job, so he puts on women’s clothing and auditions. Once he’s a popular actress, he falls in love with...
In the postwar period, he was initially excluded from any job because of his past ties to the regime, but in 1946 he once again took on important roles, f irst at the Roman daily Il Tempo (The Time), then at the Roman edition of the Milanese magazine Epoca (Era) and, in the end...