Monday, February 21, 2011

Feb 21

It’s getting closer. Pretty soon it will be baseball season. I’m so anxious I can hardly sit down. I was on the Rockies website and it looks like we’re going to have a good year this year. As I was scrolling through the site, I came across a dream job opportunity for a baseball fan. So, I clicked on it. And all you had to do was watch all of the baseball games and then blog about them. It’s like a dream-come-true job. But the only caveat is that you have to live in place picked by the MLB that will be in New York City. So, instead of watching the Rockies play, I guess you would have to watch all of the Yankees games. Oh well, I knew it was too good to be true. Here is the link in case there are any Yankee fans out there. Who knows, maybe I misread the info and you just have to live in New York but they’ll hook you up with the Rockies on sports ticket or something.
It looks like I am going to Vegas to see my sister get married. It’s still a ways away, on the 20th of June. But, I’ve made the arrangements. I’ve requested the days off and told everyone that we’re going. I’m looking forward to it. I’ve never been to Vegas and even though it will be in the summer and very hot, I plan on bringing my swimming suit and hitting the Mandalay Bay pool or one of the others. I’m going to check out the jousting at Camelot. I’m going to ride the monorail to all of the casinos. I’m even going to watch those idiots as they ride that roller coaster that goes over the side of the Stratosphere. (There’s no way that I’m getting on that thing.) We’re only going to be there two days, but I’m going to cram a lot of stuff in those two days. (Oh yeah, I forgot, I’m also going to the wedding)
It looks like I’m going to get a day off next week. I took a sneak peek at the schedule that the boss is working on. If everything stays as it is, I’ll be off on Sunday. Woo Hoo! I’ll still have five 12 hour days and one eight hour day, but there will be a day off squeezed in there. I don’t know what I’m going to do, but it will be fun. I’ll have to think about it and get back to you tomorrow.
I finished putting out a bunch of query letters for the latest book, Cutie Pie, Baby Pie. Of course, I had to be an idiot about it. If you ever go to agent websites, they are very very very particular about how they want everything presented. If you are off on formatting or don’t give them exactly what they want, they won’t even look at your stuff. So, I was very careful. I double and triple checked everything before I sent out the first one. After I clicked send and started on the second one, I realized that I didn’t address the query to anyone. It just said Dear and then nothing. So, that one will probably be rejection number one. Being as computer savvy as I am, I cut and pasted a lot for the second one I sent out. The thing with cutting and pasting is that if you don’t change something, it doesn’t change itself. So, on the second one, I added a recipient to the letter, but I didn’t change the address or the company. So, she got a letter addressed to her but saying she worked at a different company. Yes, I am sabotaging myself. So, that will be rejection number two. I think I managed to make three or four actual complete queries. Hopefully one of them will have good news for me.
I’m putting Santana, U2, and Dire Straits on the playlist for tonight and it is time to get busy.
-Thom

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