Crazy Times

Not much to report here. I've been buried under a work avalanche - working until 10:30 pm lately. It's hard to make it through each week, but with any luck I'll go back to a regular schedule in a week. Life has been fantastic ever since I landed in San Francisco. I have way too much to do, between work, friends, novel-writing and what not. I literally did not have time to eat most meals last week.

And, some sort of good news on Novel #1 which will hopefully turn into 100% good news in the near future. If that happens, I will report it.

Plus, on Friday, amidst craziness in the office, I received what I think is a higher-tiered rejection from the New Yorker praising the "evident merit" of my story. I sent them part of the first chapter of novel #1 and am just so thrilled to get anything but the lowest form rejection from them! Yay. I have a good feeling about my book. I've adjusted expectations in terms of how long it actually takes to jump through all of the right hoops, but I do feel that I'm getting there.