JOE McGINNISS

It’s here.

Behind the scenes glimpse of how this piece was posted by 2:14 a.m. EDT–a Daily Beast editor contacted my agent at 6:25 p.m., moments after news of Sarah’s announcement broke. He wanted to know if I could write a quick reaction. I could and did, and sent it to Daily Beast at 10:24 p.m. Even with their understandable preoccupation with the death of Steven Jobs, they had it up in less than four hours.

It was a refreshing change from delivering a book manuscript on January 15 for September 20 publication.

Reminded me of my days writing on deadline as a columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer when news was breaking.