Understanding More as I Go

Well, my interview seemed to go well, yesterday.  The position is made for me, except for the hours.  It's 3 8-hour days: Sat, Sun, Mon.  Not bad, except Cameron's "weekend" is Sun/Mon.  It could make for some drastic schedule changes at home.  At this point, though, anything is good.

After the interview, I went to the mall to see some of the friends I left behind, especially the others still at the Pagoda.  Unfortunately, the manager was there, and since I didn't give her any notice, I really didn't want to see her.  Luckily, she disappeared from the kiosk for quite some time, as usual, so I was able to go into the Zales, which is next door, to chat with one of my friends in there.  While I was talking with her, one of my other friends, he had been a regular customer at the kiosk, saw me and stopped to talk.  He was in a hurry, so I told him I'd stop by the salon he works at in a little while.

Both of my friends want to place an order with me.  We'll see if they follow through.  The one at Zales gets paid next week and said she'd call me then.  The other, is interested in more products than I have on my website so wants me to bring him a catalog next week.  All it takes is word of mouth in this town.  If I can get a handful of happy customers, they'll tell their friends, etc.  Viral marketing is what I was told it takes to make a business, here.  Several good experiences can create a success, but a bad one can destroy it.  That's Santa Fe.

I've made progress on several other fronts.  I'm slowly filling in my podcast guest schedule.  I'm booked through November.  I'm slowly making my way through the book for October's show.  The publisher I frequently work with, is sending me about 6 books to choose from, that are by the author I'll be interviewing in November.  She's fairly prolific and has a couple coming out then.  I'm not sure about the others she's sending me, but free books are always welcome!

Then, speaking of books, I'm managing to get about a chapter written each day.  Though I took yesterday off to just regenerate.  I have 5 chapters and a prologue in final stages.  Cameron is encouraging me to keep working on it, not wanting me to loose my momentum.  He says it's riveting writing and the story line very intense.  He's sure it will be a good book once I finish.  I'm handling it one chapter at a time, with an outline to keep me on track.  I don't know how many chapters there will be.  Each one begins and ends on its own terms.  Most prompt tears at some point in them.  That makes them all the more tiring to write.  I think this will turn out to be good therapy for me, once it's all done and all the memories are packed into a file outside of my brain.

With the thoughts from chapter 5 neatly tucked away in my laptop, I should be able to get some sleep. I have another interview on, I think Tuesday, so I'll let you know how that one goes. Good night!