This week started off with a lot of cleaning. And when I saw a lot, I mean A LOT. The store has a tradition every year following the holiday crowds, chaos, and general emptying of the shelf of all books that anyone could possibly want. This tradition is affectionately known as “snap-back.” Snap-back is not unlike spring cleaning. It is the time when the store needs to go from dingy and disheveled to shiny and sparkling. The amount of dust bunnies I made friends with this week were so many I lost track of some of their names and developed a close friendship with others. (Fifi, George: Remember we have lunch scheduled next week)
Tuesday is storytime day and I had a lot of my little friends show up to hear me read. It is my favorite part of working. Those shining faces waiting anxiously for me to start the stories and more importantly to finish them so they can have their cookie. Never underestimate the importance of cookies.
Also learned of a writer’s workshop at our local con that I hope very much to participate in. I am working furiously on birthing the character who I hope will carry me through the story I want to submit.
Writer’s group this week had very small turnout but a lot of ideas and momentum were generated. I hope we can keep that energy going throughout this year.
I also had a good laugh when I discovered the 5 Star Wars Facebook updates via a blog I read regularly.
I read two books in the Once Upon a Time series for kids, the retellings of the Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty fairy tales by Cameron Dokey. I love fairytales and have toyed with the idea of going for a degree in Folklore but money and location become a problem. Instead I settle for reading a lot of versions of the fairytales. I also read Tempted by PC and Kristen Cast and was slightly disappointed. This book felt very predictable and more as if it were a transition book than a fully realized plot of its own. It felt like it was bridging what had gone before with what will come after.
I had a birthday party for my older son who will be 9 this week, a birthday party/baby shower for a very close friend who is expecting in a couple weeks. She almost didn’t show up for her party but we had a load of fun when she finally did.
Today we went and saw Leap Year together and I was right. I loved it. A wonderful romantic comedy with the funny and sweet spots all in the right place. Though I felt the symptoms of not writing enough keenly as I found myself analyzing the formula of a romantic comedy during it. As each scene started I was thinking “This is one of those kinds of scenes that reveals this kind of information to the audience or to the protagonists.” Ah well. I enjoyed it and that is all that matters. Right?
How was your week? Did you have a good one or do you just want to forget it and move on to the next?
