GYAH. so much to do--who'd be a writer?

[agilebrit]

So, I'm dinking around Yahoo Answers today (as one does), and some kid is lamenting the fact that he might have to get a real job while he works on the dream of becoming a fantasy novelist.

Well, yes. Starving in a garret is only romantic if you're not the one starving, and if you don't think about it too hard. Suck it up, sunshine, and welcome to the real world. I wasn't quite that brutal in my answer, but there is Dream, and there is Reality, and making the two come together is Hard Work.

I then detailed my to-do list for the foreseeable future:
1. Graphics worksheet, bio, photo, and a bunch of other stuff for "That Which Is Hidden." Due, well, tomorrow.

2. Synopsis for Sold Soul to send to a place that apparently thinks "write us a synopsis" is easier than "send us the manuscript and don't worry about the formatting."

3. Edits on Cyborg Werewolf. This one needs a rewrite from the ground up from midway through the story. Fun stuff. That's due at the end of the month. Oh, look, it's October.

4. Outline the rest of Angry Bitter Angel. Then write it. Am I a novelist? No, I am not. Do I have any earthly idea what's supposed to happen in my putative Act Two? No, I do not. Awesome.

5. (Backburnered.) Finish the synopsis for not!KKBB/IM, revamp the query, and start sending that damn thing out again.

That's just the writing plate, and it's assuming I don't get any rejections I need to flip today. Look full to you? Yeah, it looks full to me too. But I also have other responsibilities.
1. Today is Laundry Day. Whee.

2. It's a school day. I have to keep the Boy on task while we do that.

3. Somewhere in there, I need to feed my family.

4. Since the Hubby is going to work tomorrow, I have to make sure the house is vacuumed. White pets + black work pants = unmixy.

5. Half hour on the bike.

6. Television has started up again, and that's Family Time. We have Agents of SHIELD and Person of Interest tonight, plus an episode of Last Man Standing to catch up on from last week.

WELL. I guess I should get off the damb interwebs and get my ass in gear, huh.

Comments

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

Yep, we're living the dream, all right. :-) Just yesterday, I heard back from an editor who had originally said she'd publish my article on Sept. 24 (after hanging on to it for two months) -- they'd just decided that it needed more edits, and would I please make them? After I made them and sent the revised piece in, she said she'd "update the article." Whatever THAT means.

Who'd be a writer, indeed.

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

So many horror stories. Right now I'm wrestling with the question of "Why should a bookstore stock your book?" I'm answering that with a resounding "N/A -- bookstores don't stock standalone short stories."

[baron-waste.livejournal.com]

“unmixy” - found in BETTER dictionaries. Not the ordinary, limited sort.

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

Totally stole it from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. As one does.