- Today is going to be the first day of me not sulking about post-Clarionitis.*
- I have a coffee date at 10:30 with Tully B, which can only be a good thing.
- I have 2 meetings this afternoon which, while boring, will get me out of the depressing hole that is my PhD office.
- I have hours of writing time beckoning me to fill them with words this evening, and I intend to use them to:
- Continue the edits on Week 5 story. Serious chopping will occur. Honestly.
- Tweak Week 1 story, and prepare to send it to F&SF tomorrow.
- Send flash piece to AntiSF.
- Collect Eva Sallis’s new novel, which I will begin to read for review.
- I also intend to stop punishing myself about not writing a word for my thesis this week. Meeting with supervisor tomorrow will get me back on track (one hopes) — but first, I must re-read the chapter I wrote before heading to Brisbane.
- Right then. Time to get to it.
*Read: I am going to try to not sulk. Or at least to reduce the sulkage.
Sulk, sulk against the dying of the light!!! (apols to Dylan Thomas)
I am still sulking … I’m just being subversive about it.
I realised that the distinct lack of candy in my diet these past few days has probably not helped me in the sulking department… I’m hoping that if I just ignore my sulking urges they’ll go away. Not working too well so far…
I choc-loaded on Monday and Tuesday – nix y’day and today. I wonder if that’s why I almost quit 3 times today?
I’d say it’s likely to definite. I haven’t had any chocolatey treats today, and have felt generally unhappy all day.