Crap day

Today sucked, just kind of in general. It rained buckets, I had someone ctrl+alt+del a computer I was working on remotely and shut it down(When I called, she claimed to think I was a virus, despite my large text box that indicated who I was and what department I was with), my to do list got longer than my work log, had to deal with a woman who thought us not answering our phones was a malicious choice(she doesn't understand how a rollover system works. Even if all the lines are in use, it still doesn't give a busy signal), and just like every day I got asked a plethora of stupid questions. A good portion of the stupid questions were asked by the woman who insulted me, my department, and my coworkers outside the server room on our very helpful help desk. I'm not being sarcastic. They really are super helpful.

Just for reference to anybody who doesn't know, being a nasty superior witch to your IT staff is like being a nasty superior witch to your custodians. Neither is a great idea. Do you want your trash taken out every day? Be nice to your custodians and learn their names! Do you want your IT people to go out of their way to help you and not dump you to the bottom of their list? Don't be a jackass on the phone and blatantly accuse them of screening your calls out of laziness. It kinda makes them want to screen your calls. DON'T TYPE YOUR EMAILS OR WORK ORDERS IN ALL CAPS. Oh, and don't complain that you no longer have the right to install software. If users could be trusted not to install sunset cum virus screensavers, IT departments wouldn't have to lock down user logins.

Whew. There's my rant for the day. I think "be nice to your IT staff" sums it up. Granted, that's a hypocritical statement coming from me since I'm grumpy cat the vast majority of the time.

So...rewrites are hard.

Rewrites are hard! Whine! I didn't realize quite how much my book changed perspective until I had to go back and fix it, geez. I had to make myself a spreadsheet to keep track of what editing I'd done on what chapter. Also, I'm going to have to renumber the chapters. All big buckets of no fun. Granted, it's making my book a whole hell of a lot better, but it still sucks to do.

I have to admit though, writing the new sexy scenes was pretty fun. I increased the sexiness by 75%. That's a decent increase, right? Who am I kidding? Pretty sure nobody is reading this. Maybe you will read my blog someday, internet! That's right. I'm addressing the internet. Cause that's not weird at all. Blurgh!

Revise and Resubmit

I have received my first request for a Revise and Resubmit. I'm so excited! While I already knew this and hoped it wouldn't matter, I need to fix my POV switching problem. I took care of that in the manuscript of my second book, but it was kind of a problem in the first book. I think that's a completely reasonable request for revision. The other item was not enough steamy scenes. Also fixable. I'm pretty pleased. Here's hoping that once I make these changes, the editor will like it enough to want to acquire it. Apparently the plot and the characterization are fine. I just have to fix those two things. It might take some doing to fix the POV stuff, though. Blurgh. To rewrites! Tally Ho!

Received a response that wasn't a rejection

It's amazing! I finally got a response from a publisher that wasn't a resounding "no". All the agents I queried have rejected me at this point. I'm down seven. I figure nineteen more and I'm in the Dr. Seuss category. It wasn't an "I want your book" but it was an "I'm keen to read the rest of your manuscript." I'm completely thrilled with that. Even if this editor doesn't end up wanting it, it's at least a positive step.

Back Pain and Rejection

I've managed to garner both my sixth and seventh rejections today. Hurrah. To top it off I've been fighting some pretty horrific back pain all week. I have no clue what I've done to myself. I just wish I could undo it. Sitting in my desk chair all day has been an exercise in torture. I even let my husband cook dinner on Monday and Tuesday. I also had a position upgrade interview yesterday that I didn't do as well as I'd hoped on. So, to sum up, today really isn't my day. I turned in my python homework and just came home. We're supposed to get about an inch or more of rain tonight. Joy.