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The State of Me
Nov. 21st, 2011 01:26 pmI've been emailing with an old college currently stationed in Kandahar and he wanted to know what was up with me. Since I know his internet time is limited, I figured he had not heard the latest news that has happened in the last month or so. I rounded it up for him and then looked at the doom and gloom list and had to laugh a little. I rewrote the email and put it into my perspective. This is what I told him:
Well, things haven't been the best but I'm making do. Still got all the necessities and that's what counts.
You know how TV shows about people making it big always talk about the dark time just before that? That's what I feel like I'm going through now. Only, things aren't THAT dark.
- I'm losing my pays the bills job next year because we didn't get extra funding. But the boss is stretching it out as far as he can.
- I lost my book contract with the game company because the acquisitions editor left. But, I still have two other contracts I'm working on and I have a novella coming out soon.
- Just discovered I have a hiatal hernia which is one of the reasons my lap band stopped working and I'm suffering from reflux (medicated) and near constant low level nausea. It'll take surgery to fix it but Jeff has damn good insurance.
There's a lot of disappointment and uncertainty in the air right now.
On the other hand, I just finished the draft of a YA novel. I'm writing on a Battletech web series. I have a contract for another Colonial Gothic PDF setting. I have the nascent outline for a new YA series. And, after a talk with Jeff, we've decided that I'm going to be writing for me next year.
So, it's not all bad.
~Jenn
Really, that last bit is the best way I can state it. I've been disappointed a lot lately but it's not all bad. I still have my husband, home, cats and, overall, my health. All I can do is look to myself, smile, and get back to work.
Well, things haven't been the best but I'm making do. Still got all the necessities and that's what counts.
You know how TV shows about people making it big always talk about the dark time just before that? That's what I feel like I'm going through now. Only, things aren't THAT dark.
- I'm losing my pays the bills job next year because we didn't get extra funding. But the boss is stretching it out as far as he can.
- I lost my book contract with the game company because the acquisitions editor left. But, I still have two other contracts I'm working on and I have a novella coming out soon.
- Just discovered I have a hiatal hernia which is one of the reasons my lap band stopped working and I'm suffering from reflux (medicated) and near constant low level nausea. It'll take surgery to fix it but Jeff has damn good insurance.
There's a lot of disappointment and uncertainty in the air right now.
On the other hand, I just finished the draft of a YA novel. I'm writing on a Battletech web series. I have a contract for another Colonial Gothic PDF setting. I have the nascent outline for a new YA series. And, after a talk with Jeff, we've decided that I'm going to be writing for me next year.
So, it's not all bad.
~Jenn
Really, that last bit is the best way I can state it. I've been disappointed a lot lately but it's not all bad. I still have my husband, home, cats and, overall, my health. All I can do is look to myself, smile, and get back to work.