Doh!
I've been waking up early again to try to finish revising my novel. I swear, every time I say "my novel," I feel like I've been saying the same thing for years. Which, at this point, I have. "So just finish the damn thing already!" I say to myself, which is why I've been getting up at 5 a.m. when I'm most clearly not a morning person.
My non-morningness was clearly demonstrated to me today. As I have revised chapters, I've found two (so far) that I thought could stand alone as stories. Which I have submitted to a couple of literary magazines. I don't know what my chances of publication are; I've never submitted any fiction before. (Actually, I may have submitted one story when I was 21 or something, but that's it.) I can write a pretty decent cover letter when applying for a job, but my fiction cover letters suck and I know it. They are essentially, "Here is my story called X. Please consider it for your (insert publication name.)" Then I do a short bio, including my non-fiction publications and that's about it.
This morning I was glancing at these previously submitted stories and I realized that one of them has a typo. In the FIRST SENTENCE. Like I said, not a morning person. I think I'm going to have to re-read everything at night, when I can think like a human.
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A Little Happiness
I've been a little sad lately. My job has been very busy and I've been working long hours which means I have little time for myself, my husband, my workout routine, or revising my novel. Thus, the sadness. I know this sounds whiny. A lot of people have worse problems. I'm just tired. Our busy season runs from January through May and that's just the way things are. April is going to be a bitch. We have three and sometimes four events per week. That means late night or weekend hours, unfortunately.
But the sun is shining. Today I noticed green grass poking its way through all the yellow dead lawns in my neighborhood. Spring is on the way and that makes me happy. Because if I still lived in Chicago, I would be cold. February is a horrible month in the Midwest. I would still be cold in June. So no matter how tired or cranky I am, at least I'm warm and the sun is shining.
Also, I think we're getting a puppy tonight.
Happy Valentine's Day!
I've been a little sad lately. My job has been very busy and I've been working long hours which means I have little time for myself, my husband, my workout routine, or revising my novel. Thus, the sadness. I know this sounds whiny. A lot of people have worse problems. I'm just tired. Our busy season runs from January through May and that's just the way things are. April is going to be a bitch. We have three and sometimes four events per week. That means late night or weekend hours, unfortunately.
But the sun is shining. Today I noticed green grass poking its way through all the yellow dead lawns in my neighborhood. Spring is on the way and that makes me happy. Because if I still lived in Chicago, I would be cold. February is a horrible month in the Midwest. I would still be cold in June. So no matter how tired or cranky I am, at least I'm warm and the sun is shining.
Also, I think we're getting a puppy tonight.
Happy Valentine's Day!