This is the absolute worst time to pitch this summer

As the pandemic changed the landscape of — well, everything — it’s left a distinct change in the work environment that I’ve only really finally figured out.

Speaking with colleagues in the media world only underscores that my feeling, in fact, represents a very real and widespread thing across the industry — and a notable departure from how it used to be in the before times.

Letting this reality sink in should help you avoid a pitfall that will send your pitches right into the abyss: