Junk and Stuff: the second attempt
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naomi_jayI decided to delete my previous wangsty entry and try to be more upbeat. So here are some things that are happening with me right now:
1. I'm looking for work as a trainee librarian. Yes, I've only been in the new job a few months, but some things just don't work some times and this is one of them. I always said when I graduated I'd love to go work in a library. I got put off by a horrible temping job, but that was, like, six years ago. Time to hero up, frankly. So I'm in the process of filling in a tedious University of Cambridge application form and pestering my friends who already work in the University libraries for help with a cover letter. I actually want this a lot more than I realised.
2. I finished up a novella over the weekend which I feel dubious about. It's very short - 13k - and I don't know if it works or not. I only worked on it because the alternative was giving my full attention to A Serbian Film. Anyway, if anyone has the time to beta read it and just tell me whether it's a pile of pants or not, I'd be very grateful.
3. Kyle is (we hope) going to start an IT training course next month. It'll make money tight, but it'll mean he can escape his horrible day job and go do something he likes. I find it funny (in a not-really sort of way) that he's desperate to get into a 9-5 office job and I'm determined to escape one. If only I was any good at sales, we could job-swap.
4. I got my first freelance article-writing cheque yesterday. Eight whole pounds! Lol. So that was okay. I also have some royalties from Evernight Publishing to accept via Paypal, but every time I follow the instructions to accept the payment, Paypal tells me there is no such transaction, so that's not okay but I don't know what to do about it.
5. There isn't really a five, but I wanted to end on a five. So ... um ... Yeah. That's me right now, minus the wangst.
1. I'm looking for work as a trainee librarian. Yes, I've only been in the new job a few months, but some things just don't work some times and this is one of them. I always said when I graduated I'd love to go work in a library. I got put off by a horrible temping job, but that was, like, six years ago. Time to hero up, frankly. So I'm in the process of filling in a tedious University of Cambridge application form and pestering my friends who already work in the University libraries for help with a cover letter. I actually want this a lot more than I realised.
2. I finished up a novella over the weekend which I feel dubious about. It's very short - 13k - and I don't know if it works or not. I only worked on it because the alternative was giving my full attention to A Serbian Film. Anyway, if anyone has the time to beta read it and just tell me whether it's a pile of pants or not, I'd be very grateful.
3. Kyle is (we hope) going to start an IT training course next month. It'll make money tight, but it'll mean he can escape his horrible day job and go do something he likes. I find it funny (in a not-really sort of way) that he's desperate to get into a 9-5 office job and I'm determined to escape one. If only I was any good at sales, we could job-swap.
4. I got my first freelance article-writing cheque yesterday. Eight whole pounds! Lol. So that was okay. I also have some royalties from Evernight Publishing to accept via Paypal, but every time I follow the instructions to accept the payment, Paypal tells me there is no such transaction, so that's not okay but I don't know what to do about it.
5. There isn't really a five, but I wanted to end on a five. So ... um ... Yeah. That's me right now, minus the wangst.
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