Wed. June 12, 2024: A Solid, Steady Work Day
image courtesy of Ylanite Koppens via pixabay.comWednesday, June 12, 2024
Waxing Moon
Pluto Retrograde
Sunny and pleasant
The contract is all signed and it’s now official: Dean Productions in LA will produce my comic noir mystery “The Effie Effect” for audio as part of their “Premiere the Play” series. It will record this autumn and release next summer. I am excited! The director and I will start working together in August.
Today’s serial episode is from ANGEL HUNT:
Episode 145: Home
Lianna shows up, unconscious, back in Gaston’s apartment. When she awakens, she has some explaining to do.
Only one more episode after this, dropping on Friday, and the season is complete!
Since I was already in the world of Nina Bell from the TAPESTRY edits at the laundromat, the first thing I did was more MURDER BELLS adaptation. I started by adapting what is now Chapter Three of “Too Much Mistletoe” and figured I should do three chapters (my usual speed). But by the time I finished adapting Chapter Five, there wasn’t much left, so I adapted the whole thing, which now runs eight chapters and around 18K.
I also polished the author note for it. I’m taking some of the fun “behind the scenes” stuff I had in the author notes from the serial, and adapting it into author notes for the books. For the books that begin life as books (or stories), I’ll make notes as I write in a document, and then make it flow better before adding it in.
A lot of these notes are about favorite places in NYC that no longer exist and why they were fun. Some are protocol notes about working backstage. Or specific language that’s not considered appropriate now, but fits then. Or a particular current event that affects the story, but isn’t often remembered. These notes will be at the end of each book; for MURDER BELLS, which is a collection of three shorter pieces, I’m putting the note specific to each story right behind the story, rather than in one clump at the end.
I was tempted to start work on “Tumble” or move “A Stylish Death” into the main working document from the episode files, but it was late enough in the morning where I felt I needed to switch to script coverage, since it’s a Tuesday, and I was tight on time.
I had hoped to participate in the day’s PLAYGROUND EXPERIMENT group for playwrights, but I needed to focus on work.
I turned around two scripts. At 4 o’clock, my mom and I headed for Full Well Farm to pick up this week’s CSA box, which is a delight. I’m very excited to use it in this week’s recipes.
Two hours of yoga. Gentle yoga was fantastic; fitness for yoga kicked my ass, but I did it, all of it.
Picked up takeout on the way home.
My mom’s blood pressure numbers were all over the map today, which is a little concerning. Way up, way down.
Had an idea for another project. I’m telling you, ideas are like cookies, and come in batches. Made a few outline notes. Might write a few pages to see if it’s viable, or just an idea that’s cute in idea form, but doesn’t really work.
On today’s agenda: writing across several projects; finalizing and sending off the quote on the editing project (which I know the recipient will argue with, because the ones looking for a bargain are always more difficult clients than the ones who understand this is a profession and not about favors), turn around two scripts, go to tarot circle.
Tomorrow, I get to put in the take-down notice for DEADLY DRAMATICS. It’s so difficult to wait these last few days. Depending on who processes the notice, it might come down in a few hours, or they might hold it the whole 60 days. Whichever way it works, I will roll with it.
Next week is supposed to be brutally hot, so I’m making plans for us to decamp in the afternoons to places with air conditioning.
Have a good one!
