Fri. Oct. 18, 2024: Figuring Out the Work Flow

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Friday, October 18, 2024

Last Day of Full Moon

Saturn, Neptune, Chiron, Uranus, Jupiter Retrograde

Cloudy and chilly

I can’t believe another workweek is done.

Bluesky was down yesterday morning, so I was late posting the blog links. I promoted a friend’s review of another friend’s book across my various social media channels, and I’m back on the stick with promoting the Topic Workbooks.

I forgot to mention the massive eye-rolling I did when I heard a Very Famous Author is now starting a Substack to vent. Hmm, let’s see. That this Very Famous Author chooses such a platform does not surprise me. I am also sure that Very Famous Author is being paid to be there (one of the reasons I felt they were unethical and left the platform, in addition to the way they continue to monetize hate speech, is that they aren’t transparent as to which writers are on their payroll and which are working on their own to build a following like the rest of us). I also wonder how many of Very Famous Author’s posts will actually be by this author? Or will they be farmed out to VFA’s various ghostwriters?

I’m surprised I didn’t sprain my eyeballs with all the eyerolling.

Meditation was good. Charlotte was delighted, and even Tessa wanted to get into the picture, so to speak.

My brain was tired, but I wanted to get a few things done before I tried to nap. Because there was definitely napping on the agenda.

Wrote and submitted a book review, got out a pitch for a scriptwriting gig, got out a submission. Worked on the material for today’s client meeting.

Pondered the rewrites on “Effie Effect.”

No coverages came in, so it’s a good thing I’m upping the pitch game. There’s another deadline today, and another next week, so let’s hope some work comes in.

Got some rejections on proposals I knew were a stretch, but I was priming them to get to know me a bit. Since they were first proposed, other projects arose in those time frames that I think would be a better fit, so it all works out.

Worked on a couple of poems. Pondered Ron’s funeral scene for I WILL BE DIFFERENT, but didn’t yet write it. I think I will keep it in the kitchen of the house, rather than my original thought of having it graveside. A good part of the scene will be between Milly and Andrea, with whom Ron had a long-term affair.

I slept pretty well last night, going to bed early and sleeping through the night.

I ground beans for the coffee when I set up the coffee maker last night. It’s the same brand as the ground coffee I’ve used, but the taste is so far above the ground that it’s amazing.

On today’s agenda: getting some writing done, fixing the end of “Effie”, grocery store/library, my Zoom consult with my new client, attending a workshop at Wild Soul River, and then attending a fellow cohort member’s art opening.

I need to finish the decorating this weekend (ya think?), get some writing done, and do some planning work. I find that if I over-systemize my workday, I get less done than if I have more of a sense of flow to it. And, as I’ve mentioned before, if using the system takes longer than actually doing the task, I skip the system and just do the work. If coverages come in, I will knuckle down and do those. And housework.

The writing focus this weekend needs to be on STRANGERS IN THE SNOW, which needs to go out for final edits and formatting next week. I will have to build everything else around that, especially if the director asks for some specific rewrites between now and the next rehearsal.

Next week is a very theatre-oriented week, between rehearsals for my show and seeing the WAM show. I’m looking forward to it.

Have a good one!