Tuesday, February 6, 2007

The grind

So, I started today with two miles on the treadmill (17). I then wrote for an hour (2) before going out to pass resumes around town (12). I probably stopped at fifteen or twenty places and applied about 7 or 8 of them. A lot of places weren't hiring right now, but some of them said to leave a resume 'just in case.' The big deal for me today, however, was that I submitted a short story to The Southern Review. The whole process - editing, re-editing, writing the cover letter, addressing the envelopes (three of 'em), buying the right sized envelopes, and going to the post office to get the right postage and mail it - was far more involved and time consuming than I would have imagined. I know that editing takes a while, but it probably took me two hours to finish the rest of the stuff. Anyway, I felt good about the story the whole time I was preparing to send it out, and then the minute I handed it over to the nice woman at the post office, I almost wanted to ask for it back because I had a flash of insecurity that lasted until I got outside the building. It'll be two months before I get a response. So. Yeah. That should be a fun wait. I'm tired right now. I did more stuff today, some of which will receive a new item on the list soon, but nothing that is likely to be interesting for anyone to read about. I should get to sleep so I can get up early again tomorrow.

I'm grateful for the friendly strangers I met today (20).

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