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Thursday, May 08, 2008

  • Sweet heavens, I'm tired.  Only a few more days until the AP exam, maybe when that's over, I can relax and get some rest.   BUT -- before that, I have to grade two essays for ninety students before Monday.  Remind me why I chose teaching as a profession?   Oh, I remember!  The super pay and great working conditions! 

Monday, April 28, 2008

  • I have decided to end my contract with my agent.  It was a very, very hard decision to make, but I feel it was the right one.  We worked together around eighteen months, but there was little to show for our collaboration.  So after much agonizing, I asked to be released from my contract.  She was very polite about it, and we are still waiting on two submissions, so we'll still be "together" until those play out.

    From what I understand, this isn't unusual in the publishing world.  It's like any other partnership.  Some work; some don't.  My mentor has had three agents in her career.  As emotional as I am, this was horribly difficult for me to do.    Now I need to decide what the next step is.

Friday, April 18, 2008

  • Wow.   An earthquake.  Quite a shock to wake up to!

    Jeff was hollering at me (for the third time, I think) to get out of bed and get ready for work.  All of a sudden, Dr. Carter started shaking like a leaf.  I figured he was going to throw up or something.  The cockatiel went crazy in his cage.  Then... whammo!  The bed moved, and I could hear the house shaking and shifting.  I think I yelled something eloquent at Jeff like, "What the hell?!?"

    I was worried about earthquakes when I head to San Francisco in July.  Guess I didn't even need to leave home!

Friday, March 28, 2008

Saturday, March 22, 2008

  • Finished the book trailer.  The text was too fast, so I slowed it down.  And I finally found some music I liked.  Let me know what you think.