At least I hope so! One of my sisters was causing a little bit of a stink because she might not be able to go, but I’m hoping we still do. She was fine with us going to Montreal, Canada without her, apparently it’s boring (one of my other sisters wasn’t too thrilled about it either, hence the reason we might be going to Kentucky instead). My mom and I both agreed we’re not going somewhere boring just because she can’t go, that’d be a waste of money. I’m super excited to go. We would like to see the Kentucky Derby while there, but who knew you needed to be practically rich or have saved up for it and told anyone else going they’d need to pay for themselves, to go see it. The cheapest stand seats were about six hundred, the really cheap seats are one-sixty but somehow you can’t see the track? The seats are in the infield, but you can only see the race from a screen. If you can only see the race from a screen you might as well stay home and watch it for free. One day, I think it’d be fun to watch. We could always go to a different race, a horse race is a horse race, I’m sure.
Shift did not pass as a finalist in the ScreenCraft contest. While I’m not really surprised, it did make me wonder if Shift would be as great as a movie as I imagine it would be. It’s probably ten years overdue, but I’m shelving Shift and putting my energy and effort into a different book. It’s pretty much written, the story just needs a lot of fleshing out. My gut tells me it could be a pretty great story, but I’m afraid with my writer’s block I won’t be able to do the story justice. My goal is to get it completely finished this summer so that by winter I can either go the (dreaded, in my opinion because I’ve been down that road and it takes so much time and research) route of agent seeking or explore self-publishing options. The self-publishing would have to be based on our current financial situation though. In addition to this, my sister and I are working on a children’s book. The idea came to me to write a book about our son moving to our new home. One of my sisters is an artist so she’s going to do the illustrating.
It takes me days sometimes to get a post finished. It used to be I’d get sidetracked and eventually forget before circling back to finish it. Now, I get interrupted or lose my train of thought. Anyway, hate is a strong word, but I’m really disliking job hunting. It’d be easier to go out and find a job, but I don’t want to be away from our baby for so many hours a day. I’ve applied to a few but don’t think I got them but I’m not sure I was the right person, just willing to learn. But I have plenty to keep my busy and I’ve started planting in preparation for spring!
Mikaela Nicole 