Oh good grief ...

[blamebrampton]

This week remains unhelpful.

Finger is broken (though not badly, all will be well once it stops hurting), then poor young Heath, and now MY MAGAZINE HAS FOLDED!

Now, I do not grow deeply attached to titles and workplaces for the very reason that I am familiar with the vagaries of publishing, but I really enjoyed working there and it was with the smartest and most interesting team I had ever encountered. So ... BUGGER!

Will be fine, there is redundancy pay so I do not need to dip into savings, and I also have three weeks' leave even after the hols, just ... BUGGER!

At least I can now spend a few more days in New Zealand than I looked like being able to. That's good. And if the pay-out comes through quickly and some writing gigs fall into place, I can make it up to Welly for a bit and badger people for more work! And June in Paris is back on the agenda! So really, there are plenty of silver linings, I'll just miss my workmates.

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[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I am more worried that they will offer me an alternate role in the publishing house, but there are no other weekly news mags, and the rest are mostly women's titles, which I do not work on. So the redundancy should be OK. Our union rep says that they must offer an acceptable position and one that is similar in duties and package, so fingers crossed I just run off with the cash instead. Meeting Wednesday.

And yes, popping up to Welly is very high on my agenda! We will drink tea, Ms Sno!