Fri. May 10, 2024: A Home-Based Weekend to Prepare for a Busy Few Weeks
image courtesy of Anrita via pixabay.comFriday, May 10, 2024
Waxing Moon
Pluto Retrograde
Drizzly and chilly
I can’t believe it’s already Friday again!
Today’s episode of ANGEL HUNT:
Episode 136: Randolph Neville Got It Wrong
Randolph Neville’s ego placed him central to the plan, but in reality, he was only a pawn.
ONLY TEN MORE EPISODES in the season!
Today’s episode of DEADLY DRAMATICS:
Episode 125: Once Again, in the Hospital
Nina wakes up in a hospital again. But at least she’s alive.
Tomorrow’s DEADLY DRAMATICS episode:
Episode 126: Tess Takes Charge
Tess has plans for her life with Jamie. Nina wants no part of it.
Sunday’s DEADLY DRAMATICS episode:
Episode 127: Zack Shows Up
Nina’s ready to leave the hospital, and Zack is there to take her home.
Monday’s DEADLY DRAMATICS season finale:
Episode 128: Nina’s Homecoming
Nina’s friends let her know how much she matters. And she’s offered a new theatre job.
Episode 128 is the DEADLY DRAMATICS season finale!
With everything going on, it does feel like it’s time for the serial chapter to end, at least for now. Winding up the serials is the right choice. The stories will re-emerge and grow in other formats.
DEADLY DRAMATICS drops its final serial episode on Monday; ANGEL HUNT drops the final episode on June 14. LEGERDEMAIN’s final episode will probably land somewhere in the middle. I’m trying to figure it out.
Next week, I start promoting the binge-reading aspect of DEADLY DRAMATICS.
Meditation was good. Charlotte was delighted.
I ordered the sideview mirror for the car. Inexpensive, and should be here on Sunday. My friend and I will figure out when to install it when it arrives. I finally heard back from the mechanic, who wanted to charge me $190. Nope.
We were so thrilled with our Hexagon Bagels this week that we ate them for breakfast AND lunch!
Revised, edited, polished, uploaded next week’s Legerdemain episodes. Submitted a play. Did an extensive rewrite of THE WOMEN ON THE BRIDGE. I feel like I’ve overworked the first portion, and underworked the rest, so I’m taking another look at Act II tomorrow, and working on a few specific things, and then I’ll send it out for feedback. I feel like I’ve gone as far as I can with it on my own. I’m worried that the end is too much like a Shakespearean comedy, and that doesn’t fit the rest of the play.
Sat in on my friend’s virtual reading of her two 10-minute plays. It was a lot of fun to hear actors read them, and the actor feedback was great, too.
A fairly large coverage landed in my inbox, so at least I know I have work this afternoon! I was so wiped out after the BRIDGE rewrite I could barely function.
I finished reading THE PARIS NOVEL by Ruth Reichl. I enjoyed most of it, especially as it continued. I often lost patience with the protagonist early on. As sensual as some of the food descriptions are, some of them also pushed me further toward pescatarianism.
I started reading Deanna Raybourne’s latest Veronica Speedwell mystery, A GRAVE ROBBERY, and I’m enjoying it, at least so far.
Slept reasonably well. Woke up around 1:30 again, but went back to sleep pretty fast. Half woke a few hours later to find Charlotte curled up between my shoulder blades while Tessa was still down by my feet. I was wedged in between them and just went back to sleep.
On today’s agenda: drafting an episode of LEGERDEMAIN, tackling ACT II of WOMEN ON THE BRIDGE, dealing with some admin/email stuff, work on the synopsis for CAST IRON MURDER, run errands at the grocery store, the pharmacy, and the library, and turn around a large-ish script coverage.
Tomorrow and Sunday are planting days, so I will spend a lot of time doing that, plus household chores, some writing, researching my friend’s Vaudeville photos, and reading the next book for review. Monday is the season finale of DEADLY DRAMATICS, which deserves a bit of fanfare. There will also be writing, and, hopefully, some client work. I have a cohort workshop for two hours in the afternoon.
Next week is another busy week, but it’s a good kind of busy. I hope there will be enough client work coming in, and I want to get some serious pitches out. I also have the workshop, two hours of yoga on Tuesday, tarot circle on Wednesday, and a reception for Clark Art Institute members at The Mount (the Edith Wharton homestead) on Thursday. So it will be a balancing act. Starting next week, I also have to build in adapting DEADLY D into its next format and then finishing THE VICIOUS CRITIC to stay on schedule with them. I also have to get STRANGERS IN THE SNOW back into the schedule, finish and polish a short story that’s due at the end of the month, and start work on the article for Llewellyn. It’s the good kind of busy and I’m grateful, but it means keeping an eye on time management, and also building in enough time to restore, since, as I age, I need more of that. The following week is even busier, and then we hit Memorial Day weekend.
I’m grateful that I get to juggle so many interesting pieces right now.
Have a good one, and I’ll catch you on the other side!
