Had my interview with the great Paula Deen yesterday! I was so starstruck talking to her. She was GREAT-so friendly, funny, charming and fabulous. She has a laugh that's about two thousand times louder than normal, and she loves to curse, which I think is hilarious. She kept calling me "darlin'" and saying "ya'll," and her whole personality just made me want to go out on the town with her. She is so excited to come to Delaware, and I really got the impression that she loves what she does. Why wouldn't she--she gets to play around with buttery deliciousness all day. The story is going to run tomorrow or Thursday.
My Forgotten Cats story ran today, and I've already gotten 2 calls from people who want to use their services because they read my story. It's nice to feel like what I've written influences people, even in some small way.
A bunch of other stories I've finished are going to run at different points this and next week, so I'm getting plenty of clips.
Right now I'm working on the longtime volunteers story. It's hard to find people that have been volunteering for 20 years or more, but two of the places that I've found sources are The Grand and a program called Foster Grandparents. I called one woman from Habitat for Humanity who has been volunteering for six years, but Betsy told me that's not long enough for this story. I called back and apologized for not being able to use her interview--sometimes it's tough spending time talking to a source and then not being able to use them. She was very understanding, though. I've left messages with tons of people, and I've been making phone calls all morning--no one seems to want to answer their phones today. Also, three of the organizations I've called have directors named Kevin. Weird!
I'm sure the volunteer story will take me all week to work on, and after that I might be working on one about moms who use online forums to ask questions about motherhood--still have to talk to Betsy about that one.
It's business as usual here at TNJ.
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