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I came home from babysitting yesterday to find that Rocky had chewed one of my shoes to hell. Needless to say, I was a little angry. It was a very old shoe that I really only wear to go get the mail, but still. Not cool. I told him he was on my "shit list" and walked away. But the problem with Golden Retrievers is that you just can't stay mad at them for any length of time. Because he comes up to me with those sad eyes, wagging his tail and it just isn't fair. Ugh.
Funny incident from babysitting though. Megan and Katy were watching an old VHS tape and when the movie was over, Megan grabbed the controller and said, "I wonder if they have anything on the main menu." At which point I had to tell her that tapes don't work like that. Made me feel old, hehe.
Oooo, Friday at work was interesting. There was SOOOOO much drama, I couldn't believe it. I can't wait to find out how this all plays out... a lot of crap happened, but basically, our racing manager may have finally dug himself a hole he can't get out of. We'll see how that plays out. I wonder if I'll hear any new developments tomorrow....
I was reading on my bed today and my mom asked me if I'd been kind of slowing down lately. I said I had in the past few weeks, mostly because I'm just not feeling like pulling down five books in three days right now. And that tends to mean I'm spending my time writing, which hasn't really been in the case in the past few weeks, but whatever. I said I'd written 90,000 words in four months. But, of course, she said, "But not on your book." Ugh. No, Mom, not on my book.
It made me think though, unfortunately. I really do need to get back on that. I mean, back in high school, I'd figured I'd start trying to get published while I was in college. And that didn't happen. And I was going through some old high school stuff today and the "predictions" we had for the senior class showed that they thought I would have ten bestsellers published before I was 30 or something. Yeah, not very close to that goal... I think I've come to a decision though.
Even though Coronation is fun and wonderful and I have some of the most faithful readers ever, I think I'm only going to stick with it through the rest of the year. The Muse has been a bit sketchy lately anyway. I've got at least two more definite chapters to crank out, possibly more. But then, when January roles around, I'm going to put down the fanfiction for a while (writing, not reading) and get to work on the next draft of my book. Because, ideally, after this next draft is done, I can start looking for an agent. For now, those are my plans. I feel bad about admitting to my possible abandonment to my wonderful readers, but I frankly need to get a move on with fulfilling my dreams and all that crap. Hehe. Who knows, I might be able to juggle the two at the same time, but for now, it's one or the other and the New Year will be the switch.
Funny incident from babysitting though. Megan and Katy were watching an old VHS tape and when the movie was over, Megan grabbed the controller and said, "I wonder if they have anything on the main menu." At which point I had to tell her that tapes don't work like that. Made me feel old, hehe.
Oooo, Friday at work was interesting. There was SOOOOO much drama, I couldn't believe it. I can't wait to find out how this all plays out... a lot of crap happened, but basically, our racing manager may have finally dug himself a hole he can't get out of. We'll see how that plays out. I wonder if I'll hear any new developments tomorrow....
I was reading on my bed today and my mom asked me if I'd been kind of slowing down lately. I said I had in the past few weeks, mostly because I'm just not feeling like pulling down five books in three days right now. And that tends to mean I'm spending my time writing, which hasn't really been in the case in the past few weeks, but whatever. I said I'd written 90,000 words in four months. But, of course, she said, "But not on your book." Ugh. No, Mom, not on my book.
It made me think though, unfortunately. I really do need to get back on that. I mean, back in high school, I'd figured I'd start trying to get published while I was in college. And that didn't happen. And I was going through some old high school stuff today and the "predictions" we had for the senior class showed that they thought I would have ten bestsellers published before I was 30 or something. Yeah, not very close to that goal... I think I've come to a decision though.
Even though Coronation is fun and wonderful and I have some of the most faithful readers ever, I think I'm only going to stick with it through the rest of the year. The Muse has been a bit sketchy lately anyway. I've got at least two more definite chapters to crank out, possibly more. But then, when January roles around, I'm going to put down the fanfiction for a while (writing, not reading) and get to work on the next draft of my book. Because, ideally, after this next draft is done, I can start looking for an agent. For now, those are my plans. I feel bad about admitting to my possible abandonment to my wonderful readers, but I frankly need to get a move on with fulfilling my dreams and all that crap. Hehe. Who knows, I might be able to juggle the two at the same time, but for now, it's one or the other and the New Year will be the switch.