Very Social(able) Media

In 1988, I was one of a handful of copy editors making southern New Jersey safe for grammar via The Press of Atlantic City. Just a few days into my AC Press career, I edited a story by a reporter I hadn’t met yet because he had been covering the space shuttle landing in Florida since before I joined the staff. Two sentences in, I was head-over-heels in love with this guy because, well, his writing was just that good. Two days later, Rob Laymon was back in the office. I stifled my starstruck idiocy long enough to introduce myself, and we’ve been close friends ever since. It’s an honor and a pleasure that I don’t take lightly.