I am doing a good job

As it is award season, I wanted to write a piece about celebrating your wins and being proud of yourself – but every time I sat down to do so I ended up deleting what I had written and staring at a blank page. Imposter syndrome can strike at any point, and it’s effects can be crippling. Something I have observed in myself, as well as in friends, colleagues and authors is that it can be so challenging to celebrate your wins: we often feel like whatever we achieve it’s not quite enough, and that we must work even harder and achieve even more before we give ourselves a pat on the back. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2021-05-22 11:56:04 UTC ]
News tagged with: #good job #blank page #imposter syndrome

Other Publishing stories related to: 'I am doing a good job'


The Sun and Times publisher warns of job cuts due to coronavirus

CEO of News UK, Rebekah Brooks, tells staff pandemic has hammered print sales and advertising revenueThe publisher of the Sun and the Times has warned of impending job losses as part of a major cost-cutting programme as the coronavirus pandemic hammers newspaper sales and advertising... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2020-06-11 12:06:20 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #news uk #rebekah brooks #advertising revenue #digital publishing #print sales


News Corp Cuts More Jobs, This Time at Its Metropolitan Newspapers

News Corp has made more job cuts, this time to its metropolitan mastheads, as the company again signals it is Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2020-06-09 21:44:49 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #metropolitan newspapers #job cuts #metropolitan mastheads #news corp


New & Noteworthy Poetry, From ‘White Blood’ to the Book of Job

A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2020-06-09 12:05:57 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


News Corp cuts more jobs, this time at its metropolitan newspapers

Herald Sun, Daily Telegraph and Australian newsrooms to be reshaped as the company moves away from print to focus on digitalNews Corp has made more job cuts, this time to its metropolitan mastheads, as the company again signals it is moving away from print to become “much more focused on... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2020-06-09 09:47:40 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #metropolitan newspapers #herald sun #daily telegraph #job cuts #metropolitan mastheads #executive chairman #michael miller #news corp


What Makes a Good Summer Reading Program?

We're talking to library staff about how libraries are working to plan for summer reading programs despite the limitations caused by a global pandemic. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2020-06-08 10:33:48 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #library staff #global pandemic #libraries


‘Never let a good crisis go to waste’: Publishers set for a second wave of layoffs

"You make short-term cuts, you rightsize the teams and then you build it back up, but that’s what we’ve been doing for years," said one global magazine publisher executive. The post ‘Never let a good crisis go to waste’: Publishers set for a second wave of layoffs appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2020-06-08 04:02:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #publishers set #magazine publisher


AAP newswire saved but jobs to be lost in slimmed down operation

A consortium of investors led by former News Corp CEO Peter Tonagh will buy the Australian Associated Press saving up to 95 jobsThe Australian Associated Press Newswire has been saved at the 11th hour by a consortium of investors and philanthropists led by former News Corp chief executive Peter... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2020-06-05 06:33:42 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #news corp


News Corp to cut hundreds of jobs in move towards digital-only publishing

Publisher of the Australian, the Daily Telegraph and the Herald Sun is expected to stop publishing as many as 100 titles News Corp Australia is poised to cut hundreds of jobs as it moves towards digital-only publishing for many of its local and regional papers and more copy sharing among its... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2020-05-27 10:53:51 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #stop publishing #cut hundreds #daily telegraph #herald sun #regional papers #metropolitan mastheads #executive chairman #michael miller #news corp


AAP bidders likely to shed jobs at newswire service, if they can save it

Consortium of investors say saving as many jobs as possible is integral for Australia’s media diversity, as reports circulate that half of journalists could be culledJobs cuts appear likely at a pared-back Australian Associated Press focused on its fundamental newswire service, if a consortium... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2020-05-26 07:19:35 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #media diversity #news corp


Editors predict feel-good reads will trump ‘pandemic lit’—for now

Editors and agents have backed escapism and feel-good fiction to succeed during the pandemic and in its aftermath, with Covid-19 fiction appearing to be some way off. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-10 15:38:41 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #feel-good fiction


Nancy Pelosi is an anachronism — in a good way

Old-school politics and partisanship fueled the speaker’s rise, Molly Ball writes. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-05-08 12:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #nancy pelosi


A Bookstore Turned “Travel Agency”; Chewy Celebrates Very Good Pets: Friday’s First Things First

Welcome to First Things First, Adweek's daily resource for marketers. We'll be publishing the content to First Things First on Adweek.com each morning (like this post), but if you prefer that it come straight to your inbox, you can sign up for the email here. A Bookstore Shocked Fans and Boosted... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2020-05-01 10:45:39 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #daily resource #bookstore


Coronavirus Puts Abrupt End to Good Start for Lagardère Publishing

In the first two months of 2020, sales in Lagardère's worldwide publishing group were up 5.3% over the comparable period in 2019, but fell 19% in March. For April, Lagardère said it expects global publishing sales to be down 45% from April 2019. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #lagardre publishing #good start #lagardère


My Job in 5: Jo Fenn

Jo Fenn is the HR Director of Imagine That Publishing and the star of this week's My Job in 5 Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-21 15:48:57 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


My Job in 5: Federico Andornino

Meet Federico Andornino, Editorial Director at Orion Books, he's under the spotlight this week for My Job in 5. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-16 13:02:33 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #orion books


My Job In 5: Peter Phillips

Peter Phillips is the CEO of Cambridge University Press and he's under our spotlight for this week's My Job in 5. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-15 23:05:38 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #cambridge university press


My Job in 5: Becca Harper-Day

Becca Harper-Day is a Digital and Social Marketing Manager and lets us in on how she drives crowdfunding for Unbound Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-15 19:31:48 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


20 Must-Read Feel-Good Science Fiction Books

These 20 feel-good science fiction books will suit different tastes and moods, but they’re all comfort food of some variety. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2020-04-14 10:34:55 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #comfort food #science fiction


J.M.G. Le Clézio Talks the Common Good (and Other People’s Books)

Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, French author and laureate of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature, is commonly known as J.M.G. Le Clézio, an abbreviation he rather fancies. His numerous works complement his life’s many journeys, reflecting the injustice and beauty of near and far-away lands. He has... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-04-13 08:48:38 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #french author