Saturday, April 12, 2008

Saturday, April 12, 2008
Waxing Moon
Saturn Retrograde
Pluto Retrograde
Cloudy and warm

Sometimes these people are just so smoking crack.

I get an email from someone who sent me a screenplay, demanding I turn around a read and critique in 24 hours and if he “likes” it, he’ll pay me $10.

I don’t think so.

My critique rates are clearly posted on the website. Why would I agree to “maybe” be paid $10 — from a stranger, no less — that’s only the first 5 pages in MY professional life! Plus, I have a rush fee for 24-hour turnarounds!

I actually responded diplomatically (for me) and deleted the piece.

Obviously delusional and living in an alternate universe that I have no wish to visit.

Got some writing done yesterday and this morning. Up to p. 91 on the re-created screenplay. I’m not only backing up, but printing as I go. I cut a whole sequence that was fun, but was slowing the piece down. The new scene in the Underworld isn’t as funny and flippant as the first one, but it makes more sense, dramatically, in context.

Packed in the afternoon; got another load to storage. Went out to dinner with my friend who got her windows done yesterday, and her friend, and we had a good time. But it was so loud in the restaurant that, this morning, I am hoarse.

I need to do some more packing now, and then I have to cover a horse race in the late afternoon (Derby prep).

I’m in pretty good shape for the Window Tango on Monday. I’ll be relieved when it’s over.

Someday, I won’t be perpetually exhausted.

But not for awhile.

Devon