And the research begins

I was fortunate enough to be thrown into the position of Service Desk clerk for three weeks. I guess you could say it is baptism by fire because I had all of one hour watching someone do it then I was placed in the position. Today was my first full day and I must say I enjoyed it but I hated the money grams. I did get to interact with a bunch of new associates that were thrilled to ask me every question imaginable about my novel and Kinky. I explained I rarely talk to him and no, he doesn’t know I am starting a new project because I want to do research first.
These conversations take place in-between customers and sometimes the customers join in.
All I can say is Kinky better run for governor because I have put in a lot of time campaigning for him. The people that I have discussed the book idea with thinks it's brilliant and have encouraged me to write up a proposal then pitch my idea to the next governor.
Elizabeth and I went to the gym early this morning before work and as we sat in the sauna Elizabeth asked me about the new idea and I told her I would start the research tonight after work. A woman sitting across the hot box asked what I was working on so I explained my idea to her. She was impressed and said that I was right about the interest on the subject and she felt the book would be read by a large audience because it would cover high school/ college age over into all adults. Once I saw her point I agreed thus giving me more momentum to do the book. Then we found out that the lady was herself an author and was currently working on a grammar book.
Now that I have so many people interested in the book I have to do it.With the new position as service desk clerk I am guaranteed forty hours and a shift of 11am to 8pm with Wednesday and Thursday off for three weeks until the new store opens. I will use this time to work on my research and prepare for that moment when I face Mr. Friedman and pitch my idea to him.
I will just keep busy as the universe aligns itself for me.

Keeping positive

Keeping positive Maybe it was something to do with the new moon or possibly the low tide or just the fact that it is hard to stay positive twenty four seven when you have negative people surrounding you. I have been off work for a few days thanks to an inner ear infection so I have been stuck between the four walls with a constant barrage of negative comments from all sides.

Elizabeth keeps telling me to be positive and believe me I try.I had a great idea for another book the other night so I wrote it down and I think I will pitch the idea to my favorite gubernatorial candidate to see what he thinks. I will just need to apply for a grant or loan or something to cover my living expenses for two years while I write and compile the information for the book.

In the dream I was telling him about my book idea and I told him if you steal my ideal I will hunt you down and kick your ass. He smiled and I said okay if you smile at me like that I probably couldn't kick your ass but I will definitely hunt you down.

I told my boys about the idea but I think they are tired of me and my ideas so they just blew me off. Kikki said that it was a great idea but it would probably drive one of us crazy before the two years were up but she would love to be my assistant if I decided to do the book and Kinky agreed.

I told her it would be more likely a year and a half and my money was on Kinky being the sane one in the end because I was possibly insane already.

For obvious reasons I am not mentioning the book idea here because it is so great someone is sure to steal it from me. Now I need to come up with a great pitch and presentation to sell my idea to the right people.
I guess this means I will be busy working on a plan to make my latest dream come true. Hey I won’t have time to think negative thoughts or let others negativity bring me down.
If all goes well I will be busy starting this summer all the way up until mid to late November 2010. WOOO WHOOO!!!!
What am I saying I will definitely be busy working on my next project!

New web site for me

After submitting my novel to the publisher I was advised to make a web site for the book or myself. I humhawed around a few days but decided yesterday I should just bite the bullet and make a web site. I didn't realize what a headache it could be. First you have to figure out exactly what you want on the web site then you have to screw around with html codes. After a couple hours I decided to just use the templates the server had. If I had done that to begin with maybe I would not have had to take the aspirin for the headache I gained by trying to do it the hard way but if you know me you know I'm stubborn and want to do things my way. It didn't help that Justin kept interrupting me needing to open web pages for this and that then Josh came in needing to open web pages for that and this. Frustration set in so I opted for the templates. The end results can be seen here. http://cindylouruffino.com