Woohoo, on a roll! Blogging everyday for 4 days! Can I keep it up? Depends on how long my inspiration lasts. Being a fire sign, it's hard to keep the flame alive in one place for very long.

Writing update:

Got up early and worked on The Grandfather Clock. I'm still on Chapter 8 but I have to add a new part on to it, and I got through most of that this morning.

I identified four--maybe five--publishers that I'd like to submit to. I'm also hoping to pitch the publisher with this one this year. Though I will admit, I have caught the self-publishing bug once again, and all I can think about is independently publishing this book, even though I wrote it especially to get published the traditional way. Sigh!

Work update:

Last night at the big NDP convention, there were 7 of us working, and we made $42 in tips EACH. That's almost $300! Not too shabby, I say. And it's all going in the Money-For-Clare-When-She-Wants-To-Run-Her-Own-Publishing-Company fund. Yay!

I can't believe that there's only two more weeks left of summer. Then I have to go back to school. Which means, I have to do WORK. Journalism work! But I think that my experience working at the brewery this summer really helped me feel more at ease performing and interacting with strangers, often improv. Hopefully I can translate this to journalism.