Work. I haz it.
Feb. 15th, 2011 12:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
desperanceIn thirteen days from now, I shall be in mid-air, heading westward. California, here I etc.
Before then, I absolutely must have a draft of this novel. Of which I have written three quarters. So I need (a) another twenty thousand words and (b) to finish on length as well as on time. In twelve days or fewer.
So, you might think, I need no other distractions. Nothing else to do. Focus. Right?
Right.
Today, I have a difficulty of students (this being the collective noun) all afternoon and all evening: tutorials followed by a two-hour lecture on how the industry has changed/is changing/will continue to change, and how to keep yourself flexible. Eep. *is not prepared*
In the rest of this week, I have to work my way through a line-edit. And read the latest Val McDermid with intelligence, in order to have a public conversation with her at the Lit & Phil on Friday. And chase down those students who have not yet booked a tutorial before I go. And have another session with my eager photographer. And, and, and.
Somebody remind me again: what's that word, begins with N and ends with O, means "actually, I'm sorry, but I don't have time to do that"...?
Before then, I absolutely must have a draft of this novel. Of which I have written three quarters. So I need (a) another twenty thousand words and (b) to finish on length as well as on time. In twelve days or fewer.
So, you might think, I need no other distractions. Nothing else to do. Focus. Right?
Right.
Today, I have a difficulty of students (this being the collective noun) all afternoon and all evening: tutorials followed by a two-hour lecture on how the industry has changed/is changing/will continue to change, and how to keep yourself flexible. Eep. *is not prepared*
In the rest of this week, I have to work my way through a line-edit. And read the latest Val McDermid with intelligence, in order to have a public conversation with her at the Lit & Phil on Friday. And chase down those students who have not yet booked a tutorial before I go. And have another session with my eager photographer. And, and, and.
Somebody remind me again: what's that word, begins with N and ends with O, means "actually, I'm sorry, but I don't have time to do that"...?