Had a dream last night that I went to New York and tracked down the lit. agent who’s got my 50 pages. I was given a letter saying how great she thought it was, and oh-so-sorry to take so long, and a request for the entire manuscript. I then shared a taxi back to my […]
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Bear with me, everybody. It’s gonna be a long 6 months. The thing I always forget about this job is that the reason we can all sit around and screw off for 6 months is because for the other 6 months, we’re working 24/7. Blaine’s a frickin’ sweetheart, and he must have talked me up
Quotes of the day: Reddy, the construction lead, on our participation in the NYC project: “When I got hired here, I told them there were two places I never wanted to be assigned to: Iraq, and New York City.” From Yellow, when he heard that I’d be heading up document controls for his new project
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It should be illegal to get up before 5am. Not sure how long they’ll keep me locked up today, but my hotel has wireless. See you all tonight. Go drink some coffee for me. I transferred all my writing files to my company laptop. Ha ha
My whole body hurts. I tried on my suit jacket in preparation for the Denver trip. I haven’t touched it in months. When I pulled it on, I was surprised to find that it seemed to have a tighter fit than I remembered, which was physically impossible, I thought, because I’ve dropped two sizes in
…from my buddy Stephanie was a notebook with this on the cover: The best part about knowing somebody for over a decade is that they totally have you pegged. She apparently picked it up months ago, it seemed so appropriate. I’m so easy.
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Steve Gillard’s got some cool thoughts up about the history of media, the reasons behind the collapse of the dot.coms, and the growing attraction of blogs. My short answer: I like having a bigger sandbox, where the sand stretches into the sea.
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If, like me, you have a lot of trouble finding books with kick-ass female protagonists, I’m currently re-reading Nicola Griffith’s crime thriller The Blue Place, and damn, I’d almost forgotten how good it is. If you don’t mind that about two thirds of the way through, there’s a short Norway travelogue, you’ll love it. How’s
Lots going on this morning, I’ll have more later. Looks like we’re going to sign for something in New York. I’ve never been to New York. Might be cool. Off to Denver tomorrow, etc. I’ll have lots to say about this later. My first thought was to wonder if this was the same guy who
Yea, it’s just one of those days. I’m going to go home, go to bed, and start all over again tomorrow.
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