Complain about an inch, they'll take a mile.

So, after some silly complaining here last week about a minor change to an article that still got printed and remained funny, this week my article was nixed entirely. Apparently it was too harsh as satire because it was kicking someone already down, according to the editor. Which may be a fair point, but I thought it was funny anyway. I may post it on my WSO site later this week.

Meanwhile, I have to try to think of a new idea for an article and write it tonight. Yippee.

ETA: I just got an email from the packager of the book I'm trying to write. They've announced that they want to change the direction entirely again, scrap half the writing I've done so far, and most irritatingly, remove the last vestiges of my personal writing from the project and make it a pure gathering of information. Compared to this, writing a new column tonight sounds absolutely delightful.