Fri. Feb. 16, 2024: More Snow
image courtesy of Jill Wellington via pixabay.comFriday, February 16, 2024
Waxing Moon
Snowy and cold
It’s Friday! Happy dance time.
Today’s serial episode is from ANGEL HUNT:
Episode 112: Gaston’s Plan
Gaston and Lianna admit their attraction, but the magical chaos demands their immediate attention.
Tomorrow’s episode is from DEADLY DRAMATICS:
Episode 62: Nina Makes Her Move
Nina knows she has to save herself.
Meditation was good.
Wrote two episodes of THE VICIOUS CRITIC and could have kept going; it’s flowing well. So I wrote two more, for a total of four for the day. Decided I really needed to let the most recently drafted episodes of LEGERDEMAIN sit for a little longer; I plan to write some more this weekend, and then next week, I can edit them as a group, and then post 4 episodes next week.
I’d forgotten to do the social media rounds to promote ANGEL HUNT and DEADLY DRAMATICS on Wednesday, so I had to make up for that and do the rounds for LEGERDEMAIN.
The porch was warm enough in the sun for Tessa to enjoy it, for at least a couple of hours.
I mixed up dates and missed a ZOOM call with a Nightwood colleague. I apologized, and we rescheduled for next week. I feel terrible about it. It was completely my fault.
Turned around two small coverages. I am way below what I wanted/needed to be for this pay period. Which is why proposals and LOIs are going out.
Read the second book for review, and have to go back and finish the first book this morning (the latter was good, the first is more problematic). I want to get both those reviews out today and get my next assignment.
Did not read for the contest yesterday, so I’ll do more today. I’m almost completely finished with the assignments. I need to clarify a few things with the administrator before I turn in the final scores.
It snowed overnight. Not too much, just about 4 inches or so. But it will still mean I’m out later than expected to run my errands. Not much for the errands – grocery shopping and the library. A lot of books have come in. I have to pull some information from a book before it goes back.
I’m reading Mavis Gallant’s PARIS NOTEBOOKS, which are fascinating.
On the weekend agenda: household chores, 4 LEGERDEMAIN episodes, working on CAST IRON MURDER edits. Hopefully finishing up a couple of proposals to go out the door.
If I write the episodes of VICIOUS CRITIC I intend to write today, I’ll have written 12 episodes this week, which is excellent. However, it has a longer lead time than some other projects (because, of course, the project with the least pressure has the best flow). Next week, the focus is on REP, although I figure I’ll only write 4 or 5 episodes. I have a feeling REP will be bumped in March, and I’ll do two weeks of THE LIGHTHOUSE LADY back-to-back to finish the draft. Since it needs to be ready to go into revisions by April and all.
Looking at laptops and printers. This computer’s just about had it, and I’m tired of constantly running out of ink on the little printer. I can use part of the incoming grant for tech. I’m so tired of everything being built to fail.
Next week will be a very busy week, on multiple fronts, with various stresses pressing down. Timing will be everything, with no margin for error. But, face each day as it comes, and deal with it, right?
Have a great weekend, and I’ll see you on the other side.
