Everybody feels this way at some time: not enough hours in a day, not enough days in a week. I'm definitely feeling that way now. Too much to do, too many projects going on. For instance:
CLEOPATRA has come back from the editor, who has had the manuscript since January 11. It is 222 pages, with corrections on almost every page, some of them major (e.g., requiring a new chapter to be added). Deadline? June 1.
Also: a first draft of MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS, half finished as I write this, is due--guess when? June 1!
Book signings to be organized for THE BAD QUEEN; both in June.
In addition - we're getting ready to move, the house is for sale and has to be "show ready" at all times, and we're moving to an unfinished loft that hasn't been completed yet and has to be checked daily. Estimated move: July 1.
And I've been trying to get my Facebook page up to date, Twitters tweeted, emails answered, bills paid....you know, LIFE.
So when somebody asks, "Could you please read my manuscript and help me figure out what to do next?", I have to take a deep breath and say, regretfully, "No."
You do understand, don't you?
CLEOPATRA has come back from the editor, who has had the manuscript since January 11. It is 222 pages, with corrections on almost every page, some of them major (e.g., requiring a new chapter to be added). Deadline? June 1.
Also: a first draft of MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS, half finished as I write this, is due--guess when? June 1!
Book signings to be organized for THE BAD QUEEN; both in June.
In addition - we're getting ready to move, the house is for sale and has to be "show ready" at all times, and we're moving to an unfinished loft that hasn't been completed yet and has to be checked daily. Estimated move: July 1.
And I've been trying to get my Facebook page up to date, Twitters tweeted, emails answered, bills paid....you know, LIFE.
So when somebody asks, "Could you please read my manuscript and help me figure out what to do next?", I have to take a deep breath and say, regretfully, "No."
You do understand, don't you?