Slept in a little later this morning after a halfway decent night’s sleep. Up at six to start working on query and synopses drafts. Research new markets for some of the short pieces. Discovered that, in addition to waiting more than a year for eleven rejections, I have seventeen additional submissions that are still under consideration. God, I hope that isn’t going to become a trend. And yet, with those numbers, I guess it already is a trend.
Have a new short in my head I want to get down on paper before I lose it. Maybe tomorrow before Matty arrives. We’ll see what sort of time come my way.
The boys spend the night tomorrow. Last time until we visit them in Pittsburgh. Don’t know how we’ll make it through the night, but we will. Once they leave, we’ll have no choice but to regroup and move on. In that one small way, I’ll be glad to see them go.
Made it back to the gym again, at last. Didn’t have a lot of energy, despite being juiced (doctor’s orders). The will was there, but the breath, unfortunately, wasn’t. Even so, a decent workout and happy for it.
Got a ping-back from Dylan today. He’s on his way to Alaska. Sounds nice. Me, I’m ready for the drive to Wyoming—just to drive, if nothing else.