A follow-up:
I need to take more showers than baths. Hot water makes my brain churn, and too much churning sends me in a tailspin.
Anyway: I'm making a plan for this year. I'm going to try something and see if I have more than a snowball's chance in hell. And since I have a back-up plan, I'm not afraid to fail.
Long story short, I'm going to try writing on a more serious basis. Since it's on my short-list of Things I Want To Do, I might as well try it first, right? I'll make a decision either way by the end of this year, if not before, depending on my successes (or lack thereof).
That said, I need to find a beta reader for my book. I was going to include Andy, but not only is he a slow reader (he's been plugging away at Good Omens for about four months!), but I think he'll hate the story enough to not be able to give constructive criticism. Because it's about a celebrity dating show, and he's still finding ways to live without cable without buying a $100 antenna. (So far, no soap.) It's about 49,400 words, if anybody has a long weekend coming up (and also has MS Word so they can read it in fullscreen). It also needs a better title... It's a goofy little thing, but I love it, and it'd sell well as a paperback some future summer.
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I also need a bit of retail therapy, I think. I have oodles of makeup coupons, so I think I'll call a Mulligan on all my extra lipsticks and eyeshadow on Friday. If it doesn't make me feel better, at least it'll make me look good. *shrugs*
Speaking of makeup, I need to get some on so I can go work for four hours. Sigh. I'm not entirely sure BossMan likes me right now, for some reason. (Good thing OwnerMan does.)
Anyway: I'm making a plan for this year. I'm going to try something and see if I have more than a snowball's chance in hell. And since I have a back-up plan, I'm not afraid to fail.
Long story short, I'm going to try writing on a more serious basis. Since it's on my short-list of Things I Want To Do, I might as well try it first, right? I'll make a decision either way by the end of this year, if not before, depending on my successes (or lack thereof).
That said, I need to find a beta reader for my book. I was going to include Andy, but not only is he a slow reader (he's been plugging away at Good Omens for about four months!), but I think he'll hate the story enough to not be able to give constructive criticism. Because it's about a celebrity dating show, and he's still finding ways to live without cable without buying a $100 antenna. (So far, no soap.) It's about 49,400 words, if anybody has a long weekend coming up (and also has MS Word so they can read it in fullscreen). It also needs a better title... It's a goofy little thing, but I love it, and it'd sell well as a paperback some future summer.
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I also need a bit of retail therapy, I think. I have oodles of makeup coupons, so I think I'll call a Mulligan on all my extra lipsticks and eyeshadow on Friday. If it doesn't make me feel better, at least it'll make me look good. *shrugs*
Speaking of makeup, I need to get some on so I can go work for four hours. Sigh. I'm not entirely sure BossMan likes me right now, for some reason. (Good thing OwnerMan does.)