The website of Adam Sloman, motoring journalist.
Archive for March, 2010
Time, or the lack of it.
Mar 16th
Time, sinking away...
I wish I had more time.
I wish I had more time to clean the car, properly. I wish I had more time to write. I wish I had more time to drive the cars I love and then write about them. I wish I had more time for my photography. I wish I had more time to spend with my girls, and the dog. I wish I had more time to catch up on all the stuff sitting on my Sky + box. I wish I had time to get through the stack of car magazines piling up on my desk. I wish I had time to finish the fourteen or fifteen half-completed video-games I own. I wish I had to time to watch the blu-rays I got for Christmas.
I guess everyone feels like this, at some point in their lives. There just doesn’t seem to be enough time at the moment, there’s so much I want to do, and so much I need to do. Still, your favourite writer will keep plugging away, and like Sarah always says ‘We’ll get there one day!’. I am sure we will, Mrs S. I’m sure we will!
A busy week…
Mar 11th
Well my week as a full-time motoring journo is over, and, like Superman when he’s at the Daily Planet, it’s time for me to slip on a shirt and tie and return to being Civilservantman! Triffic.
Still, it’s been a blinding week, to be fair. The journey back from London yesterday was great, the sun was throwing some incredible colours over the horizon as I bombed past Stonehenge, heading Devonwards, all nicely soundtracked by Supergrass, Elvis Presley and others.
It’s great to be home and be back with the girls and the pup, I just hope that this little taster I’ve been lucky enough to enjoy this week is a sign of things to come.
Big thanks to Sarah’s Auntie Lorraine and Uncle Peter for putting me up, and for Ian Robertson, the legendary Editor of Diesel Car, for giving me the chance to be a proper journo for a few days.
And finally, in other news, in a move to follow seemingly every other motoring journo in the land, I’ve joined Twitter. You too, yes you, can follow me now at http://twitter.com/Adam_Sloman
Living in the dream
Mar 8th
So, here I am. After two years of hard work, I am finally working as a Staff Writer. OK, OK, it’s only for three days, but it’s a start.
I’m working in London, with Trojan Publishing, publisher of What Diesel, or Diesel Car, as it is soon to be re-christened.
Today was my first day, and it was great, a bit of sub-editing, and some news copy for the website, the day was soon over. One down, two to go, sadly. It’s difficult being away from Sarah, Lily and Ralf, but it’s also great to finally be living my dream-if only for a short while!
