KrissiK Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Maybe yours could have an outdoor outlet wired into it, and people who come to pay respects can set up camping tables and chairs and brew some coffee to sip while they visit with you.Oh, this is brilliant.ðŸ‘ðŸ‘☕ï¸â˜•ï¸â˜•ï¸â˜•ï¸ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 I have a conundrum. I have two agents on my short list. One of them I marked out because she was closed for queries. Low and behold, while working on the letter, synopsis and so forth for another agent, I discover that the agent I nixed because of "closed for queries" is new this year to this agency where the agent I'm looking at works. Not a big deal, right? Only, only, only...another writer I write with has met this other agent. Really liked her. Said she's dying for a setting like mine. But that was when she was working for another agency, and I don't know that it's high on her priority list now! But, but, but...she's new to this agency, probably looking to get a few new clients, and.... :willy_nilly: :willy_nilly: :willy_nilly: :willy_nilly: I can't query them both. That's a rule. <Bites nails> Oh dear. I just don’t know how all that works, so I can’t advise you one way or another, so i’m Just sending you “Good Decision†vibes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 What’s a platform? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 First line of a real resume: "As I Graduated High School,I have learned that I need to have a Job.." Candidate then goes on to misspell the name of their high school. Almost every sentence has two periods or an ellipsis. State is abbreviated as pa, PA, and Pa throughout - as if he couldn't decide which was correct. Bound to get it right at least once! And we hired this person... :svengo: Please make sure to have someone, preferably an educated someone, proofread your resume. That is all. Oh wow!! I have no words for this. But, if I did.... I can assure you they would be spelled and punctuated correctly. Including the much maligned Oxford Comma. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Our cat has been flinging a dead mouse around the yard for the past half hour. She’s not the one who killed it. Our middle cat, Socks, is the one who kills mice. She just leaves them in front of the door. Cleo is the one who plays with them. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 I think by "platform" Critter means a social media platform. Just play up your lack of high-speed internet as part of the charm of the rural south that this agent seems to like so much. ;) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 I have a conundrum. I have two agents on my short list. One of them I marked out because she was closed for queries. Low and behold, while working on the letter, synopsis and so forth for another agent, I discover that the agent I nixed because of "closed for queries" is new this year to this agency where the agent I'm looking at works. Not a big deal, right? Only, only, only...another writer I write with has met this other agent. Really liked her. Said she's dying for a setting like mine. But that was when she was working for another agency, and I don't know that it's high on her priority list now! But, but, but...she's new to this agency, probably looking to get a few new clients, and.... :willy_nilly: :willy_nilly: :willy_nilly: :willy_nilly: I can't query them both. That's a rule. <Bites nails> Who made that rule? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Not menopause. I was secretly hoping. I feel if I got a mini-trampoline John would break his neck. He gets his gracefulness from me. Gymnast now spends 97% of her time on the trampoline now. Whether she's jumping on it or not. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 :grouphug: :grouphug: I thought I was finished, too, except for Dad. Then I remembered the small gifts for certain instructors, and my sister, and my BFF,.... They get cards... (if anything) :leaving: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Small Engin machinc Do you think that was meant to be "Small Engine Mechanic"? Because I don't think s/he was ever a machine. Hmmm. They weren't hired as an editor, right? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 I have written a query specific to Agent A. :001_smile: Agent A really wants writers to have platforms. In theory, I agree. Would love to have a platform. However, I don't know how to mention the fact that in order to use that platform, I would have to crawl up a ladder onto the roof, and sit on the chimney like Santa, whilst waving a phone in the air. Or drive up the road, park beside the old barn, get on top of my truck, and hope I'm facing the right direction depending on which tower is working that day. Witness protection forbids me from using social media. :hat: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Oh wow!! I have no words for this. But, if I did.... I can assure you they would be spelled and punctuated correctly. Including the much maligned Oxford Comma. What?!? Do you not like the random capitalization of words? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Good morning. Wish me luck. Today I have to round up MIL who has dementia that is worsening. I have to get her into my car and take her to a new doctor at a place that I have never been before. And I have to get Dh on a conference call so that he can attend the doctor’s appointment long distance. And then I will have to reverse all that with an exhausted MIL who tends to flop over in my car and moan when she’s exhausted. Dd is helping me. This will take hours so no school except for math. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Gymnast now spends 97% of her time on the trampoline now. Whether she's jumping on it or not. :thumbup1: Witness protection forbids me from using social media. :hat: Yes! :thumbup: (outta likes. :glare: ) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 They weren't hired as an editor, right? No, thankfully. But this person does have to record test data. As I am in Quality, that scares me a wee bit. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Good morning. Wish me luck. Today I have to round up MIL who has dementia that is worsening. I have to get her into my car and take her to a new doctor at a place that I have never been before. And I have to get Dh on a conference call so that he can attend the doctor’s appointment long distance. And then I will have to reverse all that with an exhausted MIL who tends to flop over in my car and moan when she’s exhausted. Dd is helping me. This will take hours so no school except for math. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Good luck! Godspeed! Break a leg! Go get 'em, tiger! Live long and prosper. \V/ 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 What’s a platform? Website, Facebook and Twitter. And other stuff. In theory, I think it's a good idea. In practice, asking that of every writer is like trying to make Cinderella's slipper fit everyone in town by cutting off their toes. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Who made that rule? Agency rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Gymnast now spends 97% of her time on the trampoline now. Whether she's jumping on it or not. When my kids were younger they took some gymnastics lessons at a local place. The biggest room had the various bars and other things surrounded with a very springy floor -- the floor surface was literally on springs, to help lessen injuries when the students fell. I loved it when parents were allowed to walk into that room -- what a wonderful floor! Kids would hang out in that particular room until lessons started because they liked sitting on the floor. The only place they liked better was the trampoline room, because they could sit on the trampolines until classes started (though that room wasn't always available). Springy surfaces make wonderful living surfaces when furniture weight isn't an issue. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Good morning. Wish me luck. Today I have to round up MIL who has dementia that is worsening. I have to get her into my car and take her to a new doctor at a place that I have never been before. And I have to get Dh on a conference call so that he can attend the doctor’s appointment long distance. And then I will have to reverse all that with an exhausted MIL who tends to flop over in my car and moan when she’s exhausted. Dd is helping me. This will take hours so no school except for math. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 That does suck. What happened that makes you think that? I start having trouble breathing; like, my chest feels heavy. This was happening last year, but I didn't make the connection that it may be a reaction to the med. I was taking it to get rid of that problem! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Website, Facebook and Twitter. And other stuff. In theory, I think it's a good idea. In practice, asking that of every writer is like trying to make Cinderella's slipper fit everyone in town by cutting off their toes. I thought the publishers liked to create those for their authors. I didn't think it was something the authors themselves were responsible for keeping up. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 I start having trouble breathing; like, my chest feels heavy. This was happening last year, but I didn't make the connection that it may be a reaction to the med. I was taking it to get rid of that problem! :grouphug: :grouphug: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Website, Facebook and Twitter. And other stuff. In theory, I think it's a good idea. In practice, asking that of every writer is like trying to make Cinderella's slipper fit everyone in town by cutting off their toes. I will like and share FB things. Just hook us up when it's all ready. Personally, I really enjoy your little snippets and I think that if you put out a daily or weekly quotes of yours that you might have more followers. Words make me feel good and I know I'm not alone. They don't even have to be yours, just something that speaks to you and shows who you are. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 :rant: I'm in a terrifically bad mood today after being on the phone twice with someone who wants to bill via email, but evidently can't get an address correct. Or something. They asked me to get a new email address. I told them to get a stamp. If they had simply sent the renewal via the old-fashioned route, I would have had it back in November when it was due, and they would have their money by now. #neoluddite #don'ttellmeaboutnoplatform #serenitynow 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 I thought the publishers liked to create those for their authors. I didn't think it was something the authors themselves were responsible for keeping up. Oh, no, no. They want you to have all those things, and if you already have a following a few thousand people, they like that better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 I will like and share FB things. Just hook us up when it's all ready. Personally, I really enjoy your little snippets and I think that if you put out a daily or weekly quotes of yours that you might have more followers. Words make me feel good and I know I'm not alone. They don't even have to be yours, just something that speaks to you and shows who you are. The problem for me is operating it with an internet that is so, so bad. I wouldn't mind having a website that I could update, put free stuff on, and things like that. I think it would be fun and I love talking writing, characters, story and all things fantasy with people. It's just miserable trying to do any of that where I'm at. The husband is set to climb up on the roof to see if we can install a booster on the chimney so that we can get cell-phone here at the house. We can't get satellite. DSL is worse than dial-up due to the old lines out here. I'm not half-kidding about sitting like Santa on the chimney. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Oh, bummer! Oh, no!! That's bad. Stop using it and call your allergist pronto! ... Nope, no excuses. Just do what I say. Oh, I stopped taking it the first day. Or the second. I don't remember. Sometimes I'm slow, and it takes me a moment to figure out what is really going on. This was the med I was fighting to get that insurance didn't want to pay for. I was having constant "random" asthma attacks almost daily in August-October, and the doctor (not allergist) thought maybe an infection was going on and prescribed a med. The first med I knew I was allergic to, because the first times I was using it, I broke out in little tiny bumps all over my body and face. It was quite unpleasant. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 It's unanimous! (so far) Agent A!! It's a great thing I ask the right questions, isn't it? Even if I do fall back to sleep before getting the answers... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Oh, this is brilliant.ðŸ‘ðŸ‘☕ï¸â˜•ï¸â˜•ï¸â˜•ï¸ Sounds similar to what they do on Dia de los Muertos. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 The problem for me is operating it with an internet that is so, so bad. I wouldn't mind having a website that I could update, put free stuff on, and things like that. I think it would be fun and I love talking writing, characters, story and all things fantasy with people. It's just miserable trying to do any of that where I'm at. The husband is set to climb up on the roof to see if we can install a booster on the chimney so that we can get cell-phone here at the house. We can't get satellite. DSL is worse than dial-up due to the old lines out here. I'm not half-kidding about sitting like Santa on the chimney. Of course, a writer that has to get up on the roof to update a website, check facebook or send a tweet could be an interesting angle for a bio. Writer on the Roof Up on the rooftop, click, click, click, The writer is writing, pick, pick, pick Under an umbrella, drip, drip, drip, Careful on the ladder! Don't slip, slip, slip. Random Musings 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 :rant: I'm in a terrifically bad mood today after being on the phone twice with someone who wants to bill via email, but evidently can't get an address correct. Or something. They asked me to get a new email address. I told them to get a stamp. If they had simply sent the renewal via the old-fashioned route, I would have had it back in November when it was due, and they would have their money by now. #neoluddite #don'ttellmeaboutnoplatform #serenitynow "get a new email address"? Really? No, you folks get it right! My getting a new email address won't address your problem with messing up email addresses! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paige Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 We are the Christmas elves, we are the concretizers of dreams...🧚â€â™€ï¸ We become the crushers of dreams as well if we forget about doing the things! It's no fair- the kids don't whine at DH if the :cursing: elf forgets to move. You are so right about this. I’d be curious as to how many moms who are still “in the thick of things†regarding child-raising really and truly love the Christmas Season. There are things I enjoy, but overall I just feel a lot of pressure and anxiety, and i’m Not the type who totally goes over the top. I don't go over the top either, or don't think I do, but the kids love all the Christmas things so much! Thank goodness they are getting old enough to initiate some of it themselves. And I have 12 nieces and nephews...that's a lot of shopping not even including my own. :grouphug: :grouphug: You HAVE been busy! I hope you find some new friends there. Just be yourself and enjoy being a mother of a baby with other mothers of babies. Your being newer to the area could be an ice-breaker subject, if needed. First time mothers might feel a little unsure of themselves offering advice to a mother who has older kids, but they will happily share info and advice on local stuff to someone new or new-ish to the area. And many will find your presence reassuring, because it will show that they, too, can continue to look to such groups for support when they have more kids in the future, that the group need not be only for those completely new to parenthood. They did not know I have more than 1 kid. I noticed one mom in the back who introduced herself as a family of 7, so I went and talked to her at the end- everyone else seemed to assume I had just Baby and I didn't dissuade them because they didn't ask. She's probably near my age, but I'm a horrible judge of age. It was actually kind of nice to just be Baby's mom for a little bit. The place was much more crowded than I expected and I think that made things a little less friendly, but I'll probably go back next week. It was nice to get out and I think I'm addicted to the baby scale. It turns out Baby is not a huge monster baby- he's only about the 12th percentile which has seemed huge to me because my girls were all well below the 3rd percentile and DS is so old I can't remember. I can totally feel this. Except my kids are 11 years apart and I don't have any in between. There is a very high chance there will be at least one other that feels too old and disillusioned to be there. Unless she stays home because she didn't know you'd be there. :( So go, so you two can get together. Gymnast had a tongue tie. I think that may be why she nursed every 1.5 hours... Her dad has a tie that was never fixed. It's interesting-looking. Did you fix Gymnast's tongue tie? The lactation consultant said Baby has an obvious and significant tongue tie and a bit of a lip tie as well. She's surprised we're doing as well as we are. I wish the doctor had fixed it back when he was a newborn and she commented that we'd want to "watch out for a possible tongue tie." Now I'm nervous about pain for Baby and also for my milk supply and his speech if we don't fix it. I'm going to ask the doctor for a referral when he goes next week. The lactation consultant said it looked like an easier type of tongue tie to fix. Baby also nurses much more frequently than anyone else did and he's not very good at it. He spits up and chokes during each session and continues the spitting, choking, and coughing, and sneezing milk all day. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 (edited) I have written a query specific to Agent A. :001_smile: Agent A really wants writers to have platforms. In theory, I agree. Would love to have a platform. However, I don't know how to mention the fact that in order to use that platform, I would have to crawl up a ladder onto the roof, and sit on the chimney like Santa, whilst waving a phone in the air. Or drive up the road, park beside the old barn, get on top of my truck, and hope I'm facing the right direction depending on which tower is working that day. Yay! Boo! Edited December 6, 2017 by Renai 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Oh, no, no. They want you to have all those things, and if you already have a following a few thousand people, they like that better. Ah, the old we-only-want-new-authors-with-a-proven-following schtick. :rolleyes: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 (edited) Ah, the old we-only-want-new-authors-with-a-proven-following schtick. :rolleyes: Well, sure. They want to make money. :laugh: Squillions and squillions of dollars. Edited December 6, 2017 by Critterfixer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 The problem for me is operating it with an internet that is so, so bad. I wouldn't mind having a website that I could update, put free stuff on, and things like that. I think it would be fun and I love talking writing, characters, story and all things fantasy with people. It's just miserable trying to do any of that where I'm at. The husband is set to climb up on the roof to see if we can install a booster on the chimney so that we can get cell-phone here at the house. We can't get satellite. DSL is worse than dial-up due to the old lines out here. I'm not half-kidding about sitting like Santa on the chimney. It took multiple boosters at ILs' house down here to be able to use their phones through most of the property (5 acres), and there are still dead spots. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Of course, a writer that has to get up on the roof to update a website, check facebook or send a tweet could be an interesting angle for a bio. Writer on the Roof Up on the rooftop, click, click, click, The writer is writing, pick, pick, pick Under an umbrella, drip, drip, drip, Careful on the ladder! Don't slip, slip, slip. Random Musings :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 I had to have words with DD13 about torturing her Sugar Plum Fairies. I asked her to slow down. It sounded like she was chasing them with a lawn mower, they were running and scrambling so fast! They are still stumbling a bit right now (understandable after the previous fast pace!), but they don't sound quite so frantic and breathless. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 It took multiple boosters at ILs' house down here to be able to use their phones through most of the property (5 acres), and there are still dead spots. We have twelve acres. In a hole. On top of a mountain. Not in the rain as much as I'd like. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 :rant: I'm in a terrifically bad mood today after being on the phone twice with someone who wants to bill via email, but evidently can't get an address correct. Or something. They asked me to get a new email address. I told them to get a stamp. If they had simply sent the renewal via the old-fashioned route, I would have had it back in November when it was due, and they would have their money by now. #neoluddite #don'ttellmeaboutnoplatform #serenitynow Could it be going into your junk mail, so you're not seeing it? I would not get a new email. Get a stamp is right! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 One more agent to work on today, and then I can write for a while. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Paige, I would fix the tongue ties asap. The sooner it's done, the sooner you can get going on any exercises and move on. My neice born in October had it done - at 2 or 3 weeks, iirc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 I agree on getting the tongue tie done. We waited until dd was 6 years old and she had to be put under (I almost typed "down"! :svengo: ) and it was a much bigger deal than it would have been if we had it done as a baby. I have an unfixed tongue tie. I've learned to deal with it but I do have some speech issues when I'm tired because of it. (Otherwise I have good enunciation because I have worked hard at it.) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Could it be going into your junk mail, so you're not seeing it? I would not get a new email. Get a stamp is right! No. I checked the spam filter. They say they keep getting it sent back to them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lots of little ducklings Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Happy Wednesday! Two of our four "programs" (some curricular, some extra-extracurricular) are now on Christmas break. Phew! Next Wednesday night, we'll be done with all of the outside-of-the-house stuff, and drop to half-day schooling until after the New Year. :hurray: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Not menopause. I was secretly hoping. Did you take a test to make this discovery? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 PSA: Abandon whatever it is that you are doing right now. Chocolate Babka is available at Trader Joe's. Go get some! Yes, right now! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 I need more coffee. Coffee! Coffee! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Did you take a test to make this discovery? No. I was even disappointed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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