Busy week!

September 28, 2005

This has been an incredibly busy week for me with my work. I have fallen behind in nearly everything that needs to be worked on. I have nearly 300 emails that are unanswered. I have messages in my inbox I haven’t even picked up. I have voice mail messages waiting for me that pulse my phone each time I pick it up and I have numerous projects that I just can’t seem to get to.

On the other hand, I have been getting up around 5 a.m., so I can finish reading two research books that I am working on concerning the subject of slavery. I also finished the film treatment that I have been working on for weeks. I emailed that in late last night and received an OK from Echo Films who will be sending it out to a producer. This is a great project that I hope will successfully come to fruition.

I also finished a re-write on the end of my new book that is “suppose” to be published in November. This book is about the Orphan Train that ran in 1854. My publisher had several readers review the book and they loved the piece but were uncomfortable with the unhappy ending, so I had to work around the factual ending and come up with something that would appeal more to my audience. This was a big job because the book is under deadline with a release month named and was essential to get finished up as a priority. This little re-write of two pages took me nearly five days working 5-6 hours a day just on this. You can’t take out just one piece of a puzzle and have it all fit… All pieces have to fit together perfectly, have an accurate pacing and flow, with no errors.

I also have a historical interpretive manual that is on hold, as I just don’t have the time to work on it now and several other “smaller” projects to work on.

This week in my work I have felt like I was and still am, running behind.