Fri. June 9, 2023: Playing With Video
image courtesy of 200 Degrees via pixabay.comFriday, June 9, 2023
Waning Moon
Pluto Retrograde
Hazy, cloudy, and cool
I can’t believe we’re at the end of another week.
Today’s serial episode is Angel Hunt.
Episode 40: The Angel’s Achilles Heel
Lianna decides to use Kegan’s bond to her as an asset to help him turn the tables.
Something went wrong again in meditation yesterday. 27 of us sat around and no meditation and no communication. I’m getting really tired of it. Once in a while, that’s the way it goes. But the constant lack of communication is disrespectful. We later got an email that our instructor went to New York and forgot to cancel. I’ve noticed, since her latest bout with COVID, that there are quite a few memory issues, including losing the thread during our sessions.
Yesterday, I worked on the flyer and listing information for the BHPC reading in autumn. I want to make sure all the materials are done and approved early (since the poets, the museum, and the bookstore all have to sign off). That way, we can get them ready over the summer, and start distributing them as needed, and not have to be in a flurry at the last minute. I still have more work to do before I can send them out for the initial response in order to tweak, and I’m waiting to find out if we need to add any particular logos or verbiage, but at least it’s begun.
I did a library run. Lots of books waiting for me, including several I’d ordered for the project at the Clark that’s now been pushed back because of the delay in the grant money. But the books have information I need, so I’m going to utilize them while I have them. I just can’t do it during time that’s part of the typical workweek.
I uploaded, polished, and scheduled next week’s episodes of Legerdemain. I created the loglines, episode graphics, and videos. I did the videos for next week’s episodes of Angel Hunt.
And then couldn’t upload anything on TikTok.
I’m so sick of wasting so much fucking time with tech sites not working. I had to download the app to my desktop to make it sort of work.
Some client work showed up, then was withdrawn, because it had been sent before it was supposed to get to me. But I was offered two other client projects – at $1.62 each. That’s right folks, a project not even paying two bucks (and no, not from a content mill, from a regular client). That was a big NO.
I added some of the new videos to the websites, and adapted a couple from the TikTok format to the wider format that works better on the website. I created a template for “catch up” videos for Legerdemain, with each one using 12 of the episode-specific graphics. I only got the first one done, but now that the template is set, it will be easier to pop in the necessary graphics for each.
I can also schedule the videos, which means when I do my batch creation every week, I can upload and schedule them (although, once they go live, I still have to go in and change the sound credits). But uploading and scheduling ahead will save time on the days the episodes drop.
I finished the book for review, and will write that up and send it off this morning, and tell them I’m ready for my next assignment. I unlocked my Twitter account, trying to see, for a few days, if I can risk it.
In spite of myself, I had some ideas on the problematic screenplay and played with them a bit. I may need to play with genre a bit. It may not be the genre in which I originally aimed, but more of a character drama, but with the elements of this other genre. I need to trust the characters, and make sure the piece isn’t too much of a distraction from the other stuff I need to do.
This morning, after I submit the review, I’m off to the library in Pittsfield, to do the Ancestry research I need to do on Dorothy Dwin. On the way back, I’ll pick up some groceries. I’m not sure what writing I’ll get done, but I’ll work on something.
Over the weekend, I need to rest, but I also want to read, and work on both Legerdemain and Angel Hunt. I need to stockpile some Legerdemain episodes, and then I can go back and finish Angel Hunt. Getting AH done, and then doing a revision pass to make sure everything works structurally as well as story and character-wise, and then getting all the episodes uploaded and scheduled, will make life much easier. It won’t all happen this weekend, but maybe by the end of the month.
I also need to work on “Summon Thee” and FALL FOREVER.
Re: Pat Robertson. May he get the afterlife he deserves.
Re: Narcisstic Sociopath’s indictments. About damn time.
The air is a little clearer after yesterday’s rains, but still not great. It’s supposed to rain on and off all weekend, so maybe that will help.
Have a good one, my friends, and I’ll catch you on the other side.
