roxanegay:

You know, we really have to have a come to Jesus with ourselves about online content and how we publish it. I consistently get slightly frantic e-mails from well-meaning writers who say, “My submission is timely! Have you read it?” Sometimes, they even complain because it has been oh, one whole…

This very effect, by the way, is why I’ve been increasingly attracted to ideas that have no immediate news peg. Because the older I get the more aware I am of a) the scarcity of time b) that I want my words to count and last c) that a lot of pieces that seem like great ideas are stupid after a good night’s sleep. So, for editors obsessed with timeliness: do you all really want to chase the same tail? How boring.