Same Trauma, Different Week

Posted by mimi on Jul 6, 2005 in dish | 0 comments Agent emails me: We haven’t received Crash Test in the office.GAH!!!!I packaged up and sent Crash Test last Thursday, 2-day air by FedEx After the US Mail trauma and UPS delivery issues, I figured third time was a charm. Wrong again, fluffy. So I get on the phone with the nice man who sent it off, we run a tracking number check, and it got there last Friday. Signed for by the...
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Boots on the Ground

Posted by mimi on Jul 4, 2005 in dish | 0 comments Little brother is home!!We finally got the call saying that baby bro, the MP who’s been in Iraq since January, is home for some R&R. He’s stateside for a couple of weeks, then back on the transport for another trip to the desert.While he’s here, we’ll marvel over the 30+ pounds he’s lost thanks to the heat and the Army food. We’ll hug on him and be glad...
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All Systems Stop

Posted by mimi on Jul 3, 2005 in dish | 0 comments This is definitely one of those weeks where nothing’s going right. I’m mid-project for my chapter right now (a guide entitled The Successful Synopsis: Finaled, Agented, Sold!, which will be available at RWA’s Moonlight Madness bazaar in Reno, then from the CFRW website after National), and of course, I can’t line up all the information I need to put the darned thing to...
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Go me! Stop, sky!

Posted by mimi on Jun 30, 2005 in dish | 0 comments FINALLY my revisions are finished, my new synopsis is in good shape, and I’m ready to take the whole thing to the post office. Or UPS. Or FedEx, given the difficulty Crash Test had arriving in Florida with the post office and UPS (complete messy story here and here). That is, I’m off if it will STOP. RAINING!!!Today’s Orlando Sentinel says that this is the second-rainiest June...
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Gadflies ‘R’ Us

Posted by mimi on Jun 28, 2005 in dish | 1 comment I’ve done it now.I got fed up and spouted off to our local paper about the state of affairs at my high school, and they printed the column. Now that I’m out on my limb–I took a shot at our high school’s community members, who are passionately interested in athletics and extracurriculars, but not so much so about academics–I’m waiting for the saws to come...
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