It's been a very long week. I actually squeezed in a day and a half of actual work, but also went to the dentist and had a job interview.  Finished (sort of) a LONNNG revision. SMOKE & MIRRORS that started at 90,000 words, after adding a prologue and rewriting the storyline, ended up at around 104,000. Over 300 pages. But they're GOOD pages; I'm ( Read more... )

 If you've been following me on Facebook, you know that there have been big changes afoot. I talked a little about the job interview I got the call for just before Thanksgiving.  I went last Thursday night, and it was an odd sort of affair. Instead of a one-on-one interview, this was going to be by committee. I knew that, but imagined more of a ( Read more... )

 So it's Thanksgiving. I have made the world-famous famous in my family Spinach Goop. Which is just green bean casserole made with chopped spinach instead of green beans. We will take it on over to my cousin's in the city later, for family and turkey.

Another year has gone by and I'm thankful for the usual: that we have our health, and a home, and ( Read more... )

 Philcon is over for another year. It was a nice con, but small, as it has been every year I've been there. I appreciate the invitation - it's the only con I do all year due to monetary constraints (more on that later), but it's been getting smaller and smaller, and I think it will be in danger of disappearing if things don't change. Having it in ( Read more... )

 So, I didn't get the job. On one hand, I was upset, because it was a $9/hour part time job that apparently I wasn't good enough for. On the other, I applied on a whim, as a 'just to see'. But still...actually it probably turned out for the best, because the library opens at 8 am, and it would be difficult on my son to get up and ready for me to ( Read more... )

 * The job interview went pretty well, I think. It was short - the librarian and one of the other techs had a pre-printed list of questions and just went down the list. But I think I answered well, to the best of my ability. There are three other candidates, and they said they would decide by the end of the week  - their semester starts on Tuesday ( Read more... )

So I applied for the job. Now I have to wait to see if someone more qualified applies, because if they do I probably won't get it. I am eligible for an emergency certification under the state's rules, for an Associate School Media Specialist (in December I'll be eligible for a full SMS emergency cert.), but the district can only ask for that if ( Read more... )