{"id":14796,"date":"2025-11-12T00:10:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T00:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/?p=14796"},"modified":"2025-11-12T00:10:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T00:10:38","slug":"from-punk-to-print","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/?p=14796","title":{"rendered":"FROM PUNK TO PRINT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Found my old business card in the archive. This was a great gig \u2014 and opportunity! Publisher Jay Levin encouraged me to write reviews and the occasional article for the paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A New York City transplant, Jay was a cool cat. I used to tease him about the pile of supplements on his desk \u2014 but hey, they must be working, because he&#8217;s still around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He employed a stable of artist-and-musician freaks and, as a fellow literature aficionado, assigned me to curate the Poetry Corner. Learn by doing. Better than art school or university \u2014 which I had dropped out of in order to run away and join the punk rock circus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most valuable lesson? Having a deadline meant I could rise to the occasion \u2014 past my doubts, fears, and insecurities \u2014 and produce copy. I didn\u2019t have to wait for the muse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I suppose it\u2019s called discipline. Not that I\u2019m all that disciplined \u2014 I\u2019ve never planned anything in my life, let alone a \u201ccareer path\u201d \u2014 but I have managed to accomplish some writing, including songs, poetry, fiction and non.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-attachment-id=\"14797\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/?attachment_id=14797\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/577039308_10161546117972038_4814519828078285680_n.jpg?fit=1843%2C1060\" data-orig-size=\"1843,1060\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"577039308_10161546117972038_4814519828078285680_n\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/577039308_10161546117972038_4814519828078285680_n.jpg?fit=300%2C173\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/577039308_10161546117972038_4814519828078285680_n.jpg?fit=604%2C347\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"604\" height=\"347\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/577039308_10161546117972038_4814519828078285680_n.jpg?resize=604%2C347\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/577039308_10161546117972038_4814519828078285680_n.jpg?w=1843 1843w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/577039308_10161546117972038_4814519828078285680_n.jpg?resize=300%2C173 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/577039308_10161546117972038_4814519828078285680_n.jpg?resize=1024%2C589 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/577039308_10161546117972038_4814519828078285680_n.jpg?resize=768%2C442 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/577039308_10161546117972038_4814519828078285680_n.jpg?resize=1536%2C883 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/577039308_10161546117972038_4814519828078285680_n.jpg?w=1208 1208w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Found my old business card in the archive. 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