Memory Stick, Email and CV

Well I have had a very wet day, as I am sure all of you out there in Blogger land have too!! I had had a great night last night writing a prologue for my children's book. I had thought about taking a slightly different approach and off I went scribbling away while listening to Magic on Sky (radio station). I have had to wait to put it on to the PC however as my memory stick is still stuck in the parallel universe, but joy of joys my new memory stick arrived from ebay this morning. It has a huge memory (4GB) and only cost me £8 HOWEVER it is about half the physical size of the one that has gone missing...how am I going to manage to not lose this one!! Answers on a posting please!

I am still waiting for a publisher to come back to me about a manuscript I wrote for a Children's holiday programme, it has been six weeks since I sent it and I am getting a little anxious now as to whether I should make a polite phone call to ascertain what the defined waiting period for a response is from this publisher. Impatience rules and I sent a couple of prospective fishing emails to the editorial sections of a couple of other similar publishers, attaching the synopsis of the manuscript to one. Tonight...fall off the chair moment, one of these publishers has come back to me agreeing to read the synopsis and asking me for my CV...wait wait, back up...a what? I have never written my own CV. I used to teach people how to write theirs but had never done my own, so here I am at 11.45pm blogging after just finishing proof reading and emailing my CV to this publisher.

Now I am worrying I have done it all wrong by not waiting for the response of the first publisher before sending it elsewhere, what if the first publisher wants it...what if the second one wants it and the first one has not replied yet...what if neither wants it...what if both want it....no that's not likely. What if the CV is rubbish? What if they fall off their chairs laughing? OK cannot change it now, wait and see Mick, stop panicking and going off on one.

Who's well that ends well

All is well with the world for me tonight!!! (Spoiler alert for anyone who cares and has not watched tonights final episode of Dr Who). DT remains as the Doctor, so I can enjoy his presence on my TV for while longer yet. I know I am a grown woman of 35 (and a half) but maybe it is the testimony to the great writing on this series that I am totally addicted. Sci-Fi is not always my thing, but I enjoy clever plots, intelligent and funny dialogue and a reality to the characters that for the most part Dr Who gives. It can never be totally happy ever after as we saw tonight but it is enough to give closure for children (and for me!!).

Planning to do some writing tonight, maybe another 30 minute piece, if I have time after tiding up as may have visitors from up-country tomorrow. Also my sister has given me a recipe for a pastry free quiche, so may give that a go too.

The memory stick has gone with Rose back to the parallel universe so I am facing the fact I am going to have to start to rewrite the chapter summaries...bother!...well at least I hadn' gone too far with it.
Have a great weekend every one.

Missing Memory Stick, A New Blog and Sports Day

Gorgeous day today - really warm and lots of bright sunshine. Hollie is improving today, but spent much of the day curled up on the sofa watching various Disney princess movies. Connor had his sports day today (that's him in red on the right of the picture). So I was there cheering him on, keeping my own competitive streak in check...I think!! Even took part in the Mum's race which was particularly funny as it was egg and spoon, and I am known for my clumsiness...need I say more?

I have decided as I am unlikely to want to publish my writing exercises that I am doing to help me while I search for my missing memory stick containing the synopsis and chapter headings for my book (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!), that I would create a second blog to house some of the work I do. If you are interested to read any of my thirty minute pieces they cane be found at http://www.michellethirtysomethings.blogspot.com/.

Please feel free to comment but be gentle with me!! In the mean time I am also on the hunt for my missing memory stick...they are neat being so small, but a nightmare when they go missing!! I am keeping relatively calm as I know it is here somewhere..BUT WHERE?????

Answers on a postcard or a post comment please!

I have also got a cool little slideshow at the side from my Red Bubble page. Kat told me about this site where you can upload your own artwork/writing/photos for free and then you can have the option to sell them as cards/prints etc, with red bubble taking their fee and then the remainder goes into a paypal account. Had a few viewings but no sales yet. My name there is Kernowpics, so have a look at the slideshow and have a look at red bubble (www.redbubble.com)