After a mighty effort Buddhapuss Books prevails at the warehouse. Two trips, lots of water, protein bars and a krillion lookups. Next stop, listing 500 books. A note for my neighbors downstairs, if you hear some awful noise just don’t ask me what it was.
Behold the mighty Buddhapuss as he personally verifies the receivables.
There’s a real blog tomorrow. I swear!
Fans of the furry guy can blame me for the lack of Master Buddhapuss on Friday. The hiatus was not for want of a question, but for lack of time. See, good fortune delivered a pile of books to my doorstep ( Thanks Big Matt! ) and they needed listing. Because whenever the hallway doubles as a sorting station for more than twenty-four hours, The Wife gets real mad.
After adding the listings, I reset all the shelves, slashed prices on the laggards, and raised prices on the faster moving stock. Among the existing stock: four books unlisted for nearly five months. With nearly a thousand titles for sale, housekeeping chores like these take time. Poor Buddhapuss couldn’t get near the keyboard.
Monday and Tuesday is a buy trip for Buddhapuss Books and time constraints may preempt the blog until Wednesday.
Today, however, is a writing day. Still haven’t decided about the workshop in June. As the solitary voice of dissent about my attendance, I have to ask myself why.
Still on the fence about the writer/agent workshop and stuck in 2 page a day rut. Perhaps sleep might clear a path to a decision.
The IP address of my server has changed. Why dwell in technical matters two days in a row? Because for a brief time today or Thursday the site may appear inaccessible. Up without incident since September 20th I hate to see anything tarnish the run, but it’s out of my hands.
Should the site not work – have faith. Nothing is broken. All operations will resume. I promise. This is only a test. Had this been a real emergency…BEEP. Cue the color bars. 😉
I’m considering a writer/agent workshop this June. My main hesitation – can I finish Velocity by the session date? If I’m to spend the entire day in a conference room with bunches of agents and hundreds of writers, I intend to pitch a finished product. At present, the biggest obstacle is the 2 page per session barrier. Cohesive until that point, every third sentence beyond that mark, sketchy. Lord knows, I’ve tried forcing more to the surface. A review of the “additional content” reveals all the usual defects: lack of focus, excessive attention to useless details, and repetition. Three deadly sins.
Thursday I’ll try split sessions, one in the morning, one in the evening. Maybe I can fake it out of me.