Grrr...it's been a week. Insert as many expletives before the word week as you feel you may need. I'd say there should be at least three, and maybe up to six. First off, my manuscript got rejected. OK, I can deal, and in fact was expecting it, but combined with the mental anxiety I put myself through in relation to my job and other life issues, it was really a bee-yotch to get rejected. The pic to the right here sort of says it all.
The good news is that it's Friday and have almost the entire next week off. I get to focus on finishing up a short story for a zombie anthology I've been putting together, and maybe get some more editing done on my second novel. Should get in a 20 mile run sometime between now and next Friday for the excellent, long lasting endorphin high. And have I mentioned the beauty of ice baths? Oh yes, they are like manna to extremely tired muscles. I used to be too wussy to jump in cold water, but now I crave it the way a fish craves water.
In other news, this website has jumped to the top of my chart today: http://www.webook.com/home. It allows you to upload the first page of anything you're working on and get ranked by thousands of random readers (there's a small fee to get your own work ranked, but you can read and rank what's already there for free to you heart's content!). It's like a feedback engine, and, if your work is really like, it will rise in rankings and potentially garner you a personal audience, possibly even an agent. Awesome! The agent who rejected my manuscript is the one who brought this site to my attention, so, suffice it to say, it wasn't a total loss.
Tomorrow I'm having a short little scifi story I wrote critiqued by my local writing group, aka http://www.meetup.com/Boulderwriters/, who are an awesome assembly of local wordophiles. My nerves will be tested, my palms will be sweaty, my smile may be strained, but I'm really excited, nonetheless.
Now it's time to kick back, relax, and enjoy a nice mind-candy action film: the Losers. Does anyone else enjoy the works of Idris Elba as much as I?
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