Gillian Polack's Blog, page 337
November 20, 2009
Fiction and money
This post is about overheads, and it isn't. I read all the emails and all the comments on my two posts about overheads for writers and realised that we weren't all thinking about the same subject. I thought it might be a good idea to spell out (for myself, as much as for anyone else) how everything fitted together.
There are many people who know far more than I do about the money side of novel writing. If any of you have additions or emendations or better explanations, I'd appreciate your...
There are many people who know far more than I do about the money side of novel writing. If any of you have additions or emendations or better explanations, I'd appreciate your...
gillpolack @ 2009-11-20T16:05:00
Today just gets stranger and stranger. A fire in Fyshwick means the refrigerator people have been told to get out, promptly. They just rang me to say they have loaded my fridge onto their ute and will be right over. It's an ill wind... this particular ill wind hit at 38.9 degrees C and caused CanTurf* to catch on fire.
*or its environs
*or its environs
gillpolack @ 2009-11-20T11:10:00
My day so far:
My mother has pneumonia. She's very perky with it and totally peeved she has to cancel everything this weekend. She's already done more things in this morning than I do in two full days, so she is quite ill without being debilitated, which is a mystery. A good mystery, I admit, because pneumonia is not something one wishes on anyone, especially not one's mother.
My fridge is coming at 5 pm. If I say this enough it will be true.
It's over 33 degrees and 11 am. This is OK, beca...
My mother has pneumonia. She's very perky with it and totally peeved she has to cancel everything this weekend. She's already done more things in this morning than I do in two full days, so she is quite ill without being debilitated, which is a mystery. A good mystery, I admit, because pneumonia is not something one wishes on anyone, especially not one's mother.
My fridge is coming at 5 pm. If I say this enough it will be true.
It's over 33 degrees and 11 am. This is OK, beca...
November 19, 2009
gillpolack @ 2009-11-19T17:42:00
It was 37 degrees today and I'm still waiting for my fridge to be delivered. Everyone's gone home for the day from the firm that's taking the old and bringing the new. I rang ten minutes ago to ask what was happening, and no-one answered.
Unless they're taking a very circuitous route home (possible - it appears that many machines have broken down in the heat) I'm fridgeless for another day. I've run out of ice and dinner is improvised from the stuff that will be quite foul in three more hou...
Unless they're taking a very circuitous route home (possible - it appears that many machines have broken down in the heat) I'm fridgeless for another day. I've run out of ice and dinner is improvised from the stuff that will be quite foul in three more hou...
November 18, 2009
gillpolack @ 2009-11-19T00:49:00
It's nearly tomorrow and the heat has addled my brain. Or is that further addled my brain? Anyhow, I was going to tell you about ferries.
It turns out (why didn't I know this years ago?) that for a mere $17, you can travel anywhere and everywhere on Sydney public transport. This means that you can catch ferries and busses in all sorts of exciting combinations.
I started in Drummoyne and bought my $17 ticket on the ferry to Parramatta. Except it doesn't go as far as Parramatta. Even the oth...
It turns out (why didn't I know this years ago?) that for a mere $17, you can travel anywhere and everywhere on Sydney public transport. This means that you can catch ferries and busses in all sorts of exciting combinations.
I started in Drummoyne and bought my $17 ticket on the ferry to Parramatta. Except it doesn't go as far as Parramatta. Even the oth...
gillpolack @ 2009-11-18T15:53:00
I shall write about ferries later today. I shall give you a food and writers post tomorrow. On Friday I'll do the post I promised on what it costs to write fiction (keep those useful thoughts coming in!). Because, yes, I'm catching up with things.
This is despite an accident near the bus on the way in to teaching this morning that resulted in me being so late they rang up, worried. This is also despite things going overtime after work, so I've only just got home. This is also despite th...
This is despite an accident near the bus on the way in to teaching this morning that resulted in me being so late they rang up, worried. This is also despite things going overtime after work, so I've only just got home. This is also despite th...
