Summer Projects

I still haven't managed to get my hands on a job. None of the places I have applied to (predominantly retail) have gotten back to me yet. I have not given up hope and will continue to apply, but it is starting to get me down. With the economy the way it has been going I doubt a lot of places are hiring if they can help it, and those that are probably want more commitment than the three months of summer. And then there is the added difficulty that I always start by asking for Sunday's off so I can keep the fourth commandment even though most places I am going to apply to are looking for grunts to work the undesirable weekend hours.

Seeing as I haven't gotten a job yet I have had lots of time to sit around and indulge my creativity. (That is to say when I wasn't sick.) I've been throwing ideas back and forth, I wrote a short story for Inkies (my online writing group) and have been bouncing ideas for some sort of serialized (possibly blogged) piece around.

I decided to settle on one of my novels and try to get it finished with the intent of submitting it, but was faced with the problem of deciding which one. I have done considerable work on No More Than Pen and Ink, Wingless, and Rebel Dragon and I am quite fond of all of them (and none of them know where exactly they are going as far as conclusion. . .) So I asked my Inky friends Rose and Aleka (and Lauren) what I should invest my time in. The unanimous conclusion was that No More Than Pen and Ink was the least publishable since it is a compilation of worlds. It was decided that Wingless was most suitable.

So I am now going to try to figure out how Wingless ends.