So, I finished my job application on Thursday. I think it's a good application but I don't know who else will apply or what they will bring in terms of relevant experience that I just don't have. For example, I have a good hunch a former colleague will go for it who did a maternity cover in that team and loved it. However, they didn't have my ( Read more... )

I'm trying out a new (to me) method for planning a story - The Snowflake Method. So far, I've tweaked elements of my story a number of times - but since it's currently only a paragraph long and not 50k words this is a good thing! I think this is really going to help with this year's Nano. This is what I have so far...

Step 1 - a single sentence ( Read more... )

I stopped by my boss' office on the way home and asked how the week had gone. He's been involved in interviews for various posts for most of the week. Apart from the one BA, none of it had gone very well ( Read more... )

Tuesday was the grandson's 10th birthday. 10? How did that happen? We got him a gaming chair that wasn't particularly heavy but was VERY awkward to carry, so I ended up getting a taxi home with it ( Read more... )

So, I'm part of a team that's doing the Global Corporate Challenge. I've got the world's tiniest pedometer clipped to my dress and every day I'm supposed to go to the site and update my step count ( Read more... )

I've just posted a flash fiction piece at Writing.com and I'm thinking of what to write for this week's Flash Fiction Friday challenge. And my editor friend has come back with some notes on Mannerley, so I'll pick that up tonight. And, of course, I'm writing in LJ ( Read more... )

I've spent a lot of this week preparing for the interview, which finally happened yesterday. I didn't bomb but I didn't shine, either. Which is really frustrating because I know I could do that job standing on my head. It literally would build on EVERYTHING that I've done in my career so far. On the other hand, it's a fixed term contact and I ( Read more... )

I'm about to do the final chapter on my current edit of Mannerley. Whenever I get to the end, I'm always surprised by how quickly I manage to get through it. Hopefully, I'll get to do some more of 'The Princess and the PEA', too, but I'm feeling a bit rough today, which feels like enough of an excuse... For some reason, the return key on my keypad ( Read more... )

I've spent a lot of time this week feeling like I was trying to catch myself up. Quite a few things came in at left field that threw me a bit ( Read more... )

The feedback from two of the three people I sent my draft job app too has been pretty positive, and I'm also feeling ridiculously excited about the whole exercise. I normally hate applying for jobs with a passion! I think I'd be very disappointed not to get an interview for this one and not just because I believe I 'should' get one but because I ( Read more... )