by Olga Brajnović | Sep 22, 2014 | daily prompt
You’re about to enter a room full of strangers, where you will have exactly four minutes to tell a story that would convey who you really are. What’s your story? Good afternoon. Who are you and why do you want to know all about me? I don’t like to speak about...
by Olga Brajnović | Aug 26, 2014 | daily prompt
What’s the best (or rather, worst) backhanded compliment you’ve ever received? If you can’t think of any — when’s the last time someone paid you a compliment you didn’t actually deserve? My boss told me once that I was always perfect in my work at the newsroom. But It...
by Olga Brajnović | Aug 6, 2014 | daily prompt
When was the last time you experienced writer’s block? What do you think brought it about — and how did you dig your way out of it? Since I left my newspaper, I’m in a permanent writer’s block state. In the newsroom, always busy with the daily news and my...
by Olga Brajnović | May 3, 2014 | daily prompt
Of all the technologies that have gone extinct in your lifetime, which one do you miss the most? I don’t miss the technology but I miss its sound. I miss the sound of the typewriters in the newsroom. It created a noisy atmosphere unforgettable, full of life,...
by Olga Brajnović | Nov 7, 2013 | daily prompt
Do you have a mentor? Tell us about him or her. Are you a mentor to someone else? Tell us what that relationship has added to your life. I don’t have a mentor any more. Actually I don’t remember having a mentor other than my dad. He was an open door to me,...
