When I went to bed Monday, I had a plan: Tuesday was going to be a half day of working on sci-fi ammunition belts and holsters and a half day of writing on my next novel. Easy enough, right?
Ha!
When I checked voice messages at 6:30 Tuesday in the morning, there were already two from a producer telling me to check my emails (which I had checked as late as 4:30 the evening before.) My email box had two more messages about the bid, so... I got to work writing replies and making phone calls asking questions. By mid-morning, I was up to my elbow in fake guns and hot plastic, with my head cocked sideways so I could do more follow up phone calls on the bidding details.
Meanwhile, there was an email from my literary agent, with a request that required a bit of action on my part and I wanted to be sure to take care of that as soon as possible, as well. (Boy, would my life be easier if I had a "normal" job. But then, I couldn't stand that!)
By afternoon, I had the bid going well, but I couldn't get a call back from the fur company I left two messages with (I'm still waiting, people! Don't you want the business?), my ammo protoypes were looking fairly good but I'd like to make them better, and then I realized it was the 10th of January! Ack! Deadline day to get my pictures in to the Film Directory for my contact information updates.
Just as I clicked "send" to the film commission, my son tells me it's time to go look at goats to purchase for 4-H and I decide we'd better get the rest of the errands done before the rain-turning-to-snow hits.
After goat shopping, errands, a rocket launch (yes -I said a rocket launch) some take-out Chinese food and starting a book that sucked me in much faster than I thought it would (Brett Battles' The Pull of Gravity) I hadn't written one word of that scene for my novel.
Well, I guess, I know what I'm doing today... Refer to Monday -except I need to add reviewing submissions to Allegory Ezine to the schedule.
So... What are you doing today?
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Nothing quite as exciting as what you did yesterday! I'm blogging a little, writing a little, reading a little. Hope you get everything done today that you didn't accomplish yesterday.
ReplyDeleteLynette, you officially had the most interesting day I've read about in a long time! Goat shopping, ammo making! Love it!! And huge congrats on the agent request and the ammo project. Have fun!
ReplyDeleteWell, I'm still running a bit behind, but I'm gaining ground. Yes, Jill, I AM having fun.
ReplyDeleteSusan, what are you writing?
LOL.........whatever I was doing cannot even come close to your day! You must run on caffeine to keep up that pace. Care to send some of that energy my way?
ReplyDeleteI admit going to look at the goats for 4H would likely NOT be in my day. Enjoyed reading you!
Believe it or not, Mike, I'm a no-caffeine individual. My energy comes from having fun being alive!
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