Thanks to everyone who wished fosteronfilm and me a Happy Anniversary!
Had a “Resume Building” workshop at the unemployment office this morning. Why is it everytime I go there, it’s raining? My class consisted of folks like me who’ve been out of work going on two months now. I noticed a large drop in business suits (none), and a huge increase in jeans and sweat suits. Also, an increased level of desperation in people’s eyes.
The class taught me that my resume needed punching up, so as soon as I got home, I spent the next several hours updating the damn thing. It’s all shiny and trendy now.
Interview tomorrow. Stress happening.
Writing Stuff
Received my contract from the Cricket Magazine Group for “The King of Rabbits and Moon Lake.” Signed and mailed it back. It puzzled me greatly when I got the envelope because it was one of my SASEs, and I always indicate on them what story is being responded to (very helpful when I send more than one story to a market, which I routinely do to the Cricket folks). But I knew I’d already had “Moon Lake” accepted, so couldn’t figure out what could be in it. Were they retracting their offer of publication? Eee! Of course, after an anxious rip or two, I realized they must have sent me the acceptance using their own stationary. Silly Eugie.
Also received word from my agent that Candlewick and Penguin-Putnam have passed on my novel and that he’s sent it to HarperCollins and Roaring Brook Press next. Got the feedback from the editors. My story made the Putnam editor cry, but she still didn’t buy it. Fooie.
Words: Beginning my rewrite of the folktale going through Critters. Running stats on the crits and making notes about tweaks and tunings. Got some excellent nit-picky feedback. Two passes so far. I hope to have it out the door by Thursday.
Resume Building, eh? I would guess you have to use the correct trendy words or your resume won’t get through the automated screening process.
Did you get this interview on your own or through your headhunter?
Hang in there. I found my last adventure in job hunting to very stressful. And that was before the dot com boom, when it was easier to get a geek job. But I did eventually find my current job.
I bet you’ll have another job and find a publisher by the end of summer. Probably sooner!
Good luck in tomorrow’s interview!
Has he sent it to Scholastic yet? I’m too lazy to look back through the archives.
hmph, i thought they were required to buy it if you make them cry ;).
Argh! I’m with you on resume revisions. I had to update mine a few weeks ago. I hated it. Of course, it never helps that I seem to always find a new format that I like better than the one I’m using, so it takes three times as long to update the blasted thing. Grrr.
And I agree with. If your story makes an editor cry, they should buy it. Silly editors.