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| Morning Coffee... part of my writing routine |
When you make a habit of straddling two countries sometimes it’s hard to tell exactly what is ‘normal’. Yesterday, as I sat on my balcony with my
coffee and checked my emails I realized I was slowly getting back to ‘Thai
normal’ after our summer in Canada. No, the jet lag hasn’t
completely gone away as I’m only into the fifth day of what is going to be an
11 day recovery process for me according to all the literature on how long it
takes…. one day for every hour of time zone change… but we’re getting there.
As much as I’m an adventurer and love to
travel, I also relish my routine and when it’s out of whack for any length of
time, I go through a sort of withdrawal. I'm now back at my desk, with my coffee and picture of my loving
husband to my right and my trusty muse Zorro either to the left of me snoozing
away on his ‘half’ of my desk or directly behind me so I have to pause to look
around before I push my chair back.
Also to my right is the stack of notes and
To Do’s for each of my clients. Yes, they’re still handwritten in this crazy
electronic age! The feel of the paper being crumpled in my hand and tossed
into the actual garbage can - or the ‘bin’ for my UK readers - under my desk
because all of the items on it have been ticked off, gives me such great pleasure. These must be prioritized in stacks of descending order of importance depending on deadlines:
a blog tour plan, Twitter and Facebook update for one, LinkedIn profile for
another and final changes for a freelance magazine article. All is right in my world.
And, yes, I continue to query agents for my
novel, Mental Pause. I did promise to keep you updated with the
progress and I’m tickled to report that I finally had one agent ask for the
full manuscript after reading my query!
I guess that one was written right.
I’ve had others ask for two or three chapters but this is the first who
has asked for the full manuscript following a query. I do write a fresh one
every time depending on who the agent is, what they typically represent, the
character of their agency and the requirements of their specific submission
guidelines. Of course, the synopsis is
usually the same with a few tweaks (as it can always be improved)! No word from her yet but I’ll keep you posted.
So, happy writing and feel free to share
your quirky routines too. It’ll make me feel better. For now, I #amwriting (which is my favourite
hashtag on Twitter - I'd love for you to join me there too @annethewriter).
Comments
I too just returned from vacation and even though it's on the same time zone as the US, I still haven't "settled" yet. And like you, I miss my routine, although I love getting away from my day job. LOL. I love your blog and would be following you. Please follow me back.
Angela, thanks for dropping by. I visited your blog too and really enjoyed it. Where in Fort Lauderdale was your writing conference? I lived there for 14 years and loved it! I was working in PR at the time so my 'routine' was up early, on the road to the office, work 10-12 hours, head home and drop into bed. I much prefer my new routine (but we did fit in lots of beach time, rollerblading and general frivolity too).