April Recap

Things got crueler.

Things got busy. Incredibly busy. When I think about the coming weeks, I almost panic, but then I remember the wisdom of the Julie Garwood character who informed a priest that she could eat a giant bear all by herself: one bite at a time.

• My RWA chapter meeting yes


• Critique on 4/16 & 4/30 yes


• Blog twice (this is yes)


• Operating Manual article for local RWA chapter yes


• Distribute updated Operating Manual to chapter members yes


• Month 4 of my SARK project Yes


• Read 1 Romantic Suspense Rita Finalist book Yes


• Work on the June program: DOMINATING SUBMISSIONS not nearly enough


• Finish the first draft of my WIP hahahahaha NO-- but I think I know why I can't finish it. I made a wrong turn in the plot.


• Rewrite the first three chapters of the WIP using the SAVE THE CAT (by Blake Snyder) method yes


• Book-In-A-Week yes


• Let us not forget my FEET pedicure, but not nearly enough moisturizing


• Or water consumption not nearly enough

The past couple of weeks have been interesting. Ten months after sending a query to a publisher, I received an e-mail requesting a completed manuscript, which I submitted. Turn-around window: eight weeks. It was less than two. ::sniff:: Black rose, as we say in my local RWA chapter.

And the final week of April was filled with requests for my time. I've been asked to help with the writing for a project in X-Chromo's religious ed class. And former co-workers asked me to be on "Family Reunion" planning committee. I agreed to both.

And I'm thinking of entering a writing contest. If I can get a synopsis done in the next couple of weeks, I'm going for it.