Her mother stared thoughtfully into space for a while. Then she said, “I’d never thought about it. The Ledger…” Then she shook her head. “No. They have full-time reporters, and I’m…”
Jane cut her off, even though she had a bite of bread in her mouth. “Mom…” She stopped, swallowed and went on, “You could write about stuff that they don’t. I mean, they write about politics, but you actually work with the Democrats all the time. You know what’s going on with them way before the Ledger does, don’t you?”
“Well, that’s true…” her mother replied slowly. “I wonder…”
“Do it, Mom. Why don’t you write a sample story and send it to them? I’ll bet they’d like it.”
“Hmm… It’s a local paper…they should be interested in local politics. Or even local
