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June 01, 2006
Downtime
I haven’t been very productive the last few days. Just can’t seem to summon the energy to get very much done. At least, I’ve been able to work a little bit every day. I can’t afford to fall completely out of the habit.
I don’t feel too bad about taking a few half-days off since when I totaled up May’s work hours they came out to an average of 45 hours a week. I was kind of surprised by that. A little more than half of that was on writing and related activities (like market research). The rest was on editorial duties at DKA and SR.
I think what I need is a new writing project. I’ve been working on the book off and on. But mostly I’m in “waiting for subs to come back” mode.
I’ve got ten subs out right now. One is to a major market. That’s the one dominating my thoughts these days. It’s been out four weeks already. Their stated response time is five weeks. So, I think it’s a hopeful sign that they haven’t rejected it yet. Maybe that means the story survived the slush pile.
Or maybe it means that they rejected it weeks ago but my mailman delivered it to the next street over. Sadly that’s a distinct possibility. Mail gets misdelivered so much around here that I think it’s a secret plot to get the neighbors to know each other.
Maybe I’ll try a walk to boost my energy level. If nothing else it will burn off some of those extra calories I had today. Ah, that Dulce de Leche shake from Haagen Dazs was heaven. A caramel shake! Who thinks of such things? It was fantastic. But I don’t even want to think about how many calories were in that thing. Probably a whole week’s worth. Plus they only serve it in one size – large. Oh dear, I’m not allowed to go by that place ever again.
Posted by Selena at June 1, 2006 06:15 PM