Random Musings

I don’t want to workout (already did), don’t want to go to work (already getting ready), don’t want to have to nag the kids (already fussed at one) and don’t want to do housework (she says cringing at the thought of the dirty dishes in the sink and the bed linens overdue for changing).

I.Just.Want.To.Stay.Home.And.Write.Today.

I have a suspense novel that three betas have finished commenting on. I want to finish polishing and start nagging, er querying, agents to help me sell it to a major publishing house and motion picture studio with David Mamet to direct said blockbuster. That’s not too much to ask is it?

I have a NaNo romance novel that one beta has finished that I want to at least polish up well enough to put in a free CreateSpace proof. And maybe sell it too. I don’t have as high aspirations for it as its predecessor but it’s a sweet little story and I like it.

I have a middle grade book kicking around in my head that I made my goal to write a first draft by January 31 but have only committed about 6k words to paper thus far. Only 34k plus or minus to go! Watch out J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter because Troy Sanders is on his way.

I have a short story that I’ve had critiqued at AW that I really want to polish up and submit…somewhere.

And I’m in a blog chain for January, with my turn coming up soon, for which I’ll need to write a post on a specific topic. Watch for it in a few days.

I think I need more hours in the day…or more vacation time, a housekeeper, a nanny and an editor. An agent would be a huge help too.

Sigh…

There are certain things at work that really aggravate me, I mean really, really aggravate me. I’m not yet fifty but sometimes I act and feel like I’m that mean old seventy year old who sits on her porch and yells at the kids to get off her lawn. Today, for example, we experienced extremely sluggish server issues. The main program that our revenue-generators use to track their time and that my staff use to make sure we get paid for that time went on the fritz. IT, in their wisdom sent regular status emails to all 200 employees. Regular also meant many.

The last email they sent was addressed to every single employee with the head honcho of the IT department cc’d for political reasons. Contained within the note were the usual IT-speak phrases–things like, recycling servers, slow response times, regression testing, all designed to make them feel smart and useful and us grateful. The final phrase of the email said, “Please let us know if you continue to experience slow response times.”

An hour later, one of our more aggravating rainmakers, we’ll call him John, responded with his own personal news bulletin that said, “I’ve been slow all day!” While this response in and of itself was enough to be annoying, the worst part was that he did a “reply all”. Everyone in the entire company was notified that John had experienced slow times all day and, dammit, we should all be aware of this! I deleted it after muttering an oath under my breath. Continue reading →