Monday, July 27, 2009
All attempts to keep this up to date on a more regular basis appear to have failed miserably. I am, however, writing elsewhere, working on a story among other things. My goal for the summer was to build an adequate portfolio to send out to grad schools; of course this would be the time that my muse gives me the idea for a big project that will certainly exceed the 15-20 page limit that most schools assign. So I'm kind of at a loss there, especially since most schools want me to submit only one genre (as opposed to a little poetry and a little fiction). I like both. Though I've recently decided that, slim a chance as I might have, fiction would probably be easier to get into than poetry career-wise. Either way I need to write some more stuff.
I've been working more than usual too; the last couple weeks two of the managers took vacations which meant more hours for us. I don't really care for 40-hour work weeks, but the paychecks are nice. And I get my own vacation in August (though I might try for a mini-break before then). Business has been particularly slow; they've been trying to rush the back-to-school boom but haven't been having much luck. I'm hoping it will be my last big season. I told my boss I'll be unemployed before I work another Christmas season. Hopefully I'll have a new job by then. That's the next big issue on my list. But one thing at a time.
Posted by Rachel at 11:54 PM |
