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Get out! Get out!
Last night I'd been quite confident that I'd make it to work today, so I was very disappointed this morning when I woke up with a smashing sinus headache. Even the ferret that lives in my skull* couldn't take the pressure and was trying to escape through my right eyeball. Pop.
Cleaning allergies aside, I've been struggling with a dose of depression. Not sad-type depression, but pure, medical, immobilising, frustrating depression. The kind that takes away concentration, fine motor control, linguistic ability and spark. The kind that you simply can not snap out of, no matter what you try. The kind the cats like. Tomorrow will start with stubbornness and coffee. I may not get much else done, but I intend to do it on the Terrace.
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agoodliedown provided the motivation to go further than the local shops; the Swancon 2009 receipt books were awaiting my loving attention at Fantastic Planet. Once it was late enough to be certain of a parking spot at the train station, I dragged the badly-dressed carcass into town and was rewarded with a nice long chat.
I was entrusted with the shop for a few moments while E powdered her nose with impressive rapidity. Not long enough for me to frighten off any customers, but I did shift one of the McCaffreys. In hindsight I may have foxed someone's secret signals.
If one copy of McCaffrey's Changelings is out of place then your permission to kill the target is withdrawn. Abort! Abort!
Oops.
We talked about grant applications for a while, and the writer-editor replationship. I'm thinking it would be character-building for me to try to get a work of fiction published. At least I start with the understanding that a rejection letter (or 20) is a reflection of the marketability of the work at that particular time and place, rather than the attractiveness of my personality. Still, it might be fun to start by writing an outraged rebuttal to my imaginary first rejection letter to my imaginary first failed submission.
I may ask this question separately so it doesn't get lost in the general blog noise, but does anyone know if publishing a draft or stub story on LJ disqualifies it for submission to professional publications?
(*) You heard me.
Cleaning allergies aside, I've been struggling with a dose of depression. Not sad-type depression, but pure, medical, immobilising, frustrating depression. The kind that takes away concentration, fine motor control, linguistic ability and spark. The kind that you simply can not snap out of, no matter what you try. The kind the cats like. Tomorrow will start with stubbornness and coffee. I may not get much else done, but I intend to do it on the Terrace.
Fortunately
agoodliedown provided the motivation to go further than the local shops; the Swancon 2009 receipt books were awaiting my loving attention at Fantastic Planet. Once it was late enough to be certain of a parking spot at the train station, I dragged the badly-dressed carcass into town and was rewarded with a nice long chat.I was entrusted with the shop for a few moments while E powdered her nose with impressive rapidity. Not long enough for me to frighten off any customers, but I did shift one of the McCaffreys. In hindsight I may have foxed someone's secret signals.
If one copy of McCaffrey's Changelings is out of place then your permission to kill the target is withdrawn. Abort! Abort!
Oops.
We talked about grant applications for a while, and the writer-editor replationship. I'm thinking it would be character-building for me to try to get a work of fiction published. At least I start with the understanding that a rejection letter (or 20) is a reflection of the marketability of the work at that particular time and place, rather than the attractiveness of my personality. Still, it might be fun to start by writing an outraged rebuttal to my imaginary first rejection letter to my imaginary first failed submission.
I may ask this question separately so it doesn't get lost in the general blog noise, but does anyone know if publishing a draft or stub story on LJ disqualifies it for submission to professional publications?
(*) You heard me.