Revisions and distractions
I took the advice offered and took about a week's break, but I went ahead and did the easiest of the major revisions (changing a character's gender) during some downtime at work. The change to my schedule was that I didn't write at home The rest of the revisions are going to be a little more difficult because it involves potentially rewriting whole chapters. Not everything and maybe only parts of chapters, but it's going to take some thought before I actually write it and I'm not sure what to do with the particular knot that's giving me trouble.
Then, after those are done, alpha readers.
Speaking of writing, last Saturday I was on a "writing date" with a friend of mine who's also working on a book, and at the end of our session she asked me if I was interested in going to England with her this summer. She's trying to get into grad school and wanted to take a class in Oxford to boost her resumé. I immediately agreed to go, but this week, doing the actual research on what this would entail makes me less excited.
+ Plane ticket: $1,300-1,600
+ Class price: $2,000 (includes room and board and meals, I think)
when I saw the price, my excitement level plunged to -20. Two-thousand dollars for a class I'm not even interested in? Plus, there'll be homework. Bleh.
I'm not sure what to do. If I go, I'd have to figure out where to stay on my own because my friend will be on campus. I'd have to occupy my time by myself while she's in class, and I won't have a car or easy access to anywhere.
The other thing I have to think about is my job. I'm technically a temp employee; I don't even know what I'll be doing in August or if I can get a week off. Even if I do go, I won't get paid for that week. I don't get vacation or personal days.
Part of me wants to go because I had a lot of fun when I went to England eight years ago. But that was a planned trip where someone else took care of all the details, and all I had to do was follow along and have fun. With my friend being in class all morning... what would I do with myself?
Or, should I just go ahead and take the class because $2,000 is likely what I would spend anyway on food and lodging somewhere else?
Or should I not go at all and save myself the hassle of an uncertain work environment?
Decisions are the WORST.
Then, after those are done, alpha readers.
Speaking of writing, last Saturday I was on a "writing date" with a friend of mine who's also working on a book, and at the end of our session she asked me if I was interested in going to England with her this summer. She's trying to get into grad school and wanted to take a class in Oxford to boost her resumé. I immediately agreed to go, but this week, doing the actual research on what this would entail makes me less excited.
+ Plane ticket: $1,300-1,600
+ Class price: $2,000 (includes room and board and meals, I think)
when I saw the price, my excitement level plunged to -20. Two-thousand dollars for a class I'm not even interested in? Plus, there'll be homework. Bleh.
I'm not sure what to do. If I go, I'd have to figure out where to stay on my own because my friend will be on campus. I'd have to occupy my time by myself while she's in class, and I won't have a car or easy access to anywhere.
The other thing I have to think about is my job. I'm technically a temp employee; I don't even know what I'll be doing in August or if I can get a week off. Even if I do go, I won't get paid for that week. I don't get vacation or personal days.
Part of me wants to go because I had a lot of fun when I went to England eight years ago. But that was a planned trip where someone else took care of all the details, and all I had to do was follow along and have fun. With my friend being in class all morning... what would I do with myself?
Or, should I just go ahead and take the class because $2,000 is likely what I would spend anyway on food and lodging somewhere else?
Or should I not go at all and save myself the hassle of an uncertain work environment?
Decisions are the WORST.