Massive Blog, things going great/huge moral boost, release schedule, and a new group on FIMfiction for professionals. · 8:56am Aug 29th, 2015
This is a pretty massive blog that I’ve been meaning to make for a few days.
First off. I recently received a big promotion. How big? I skipped a position and my raise is about 55% or more.
You see, I am a night guard. Being in my late 20’s that’s not where I want to be and while I like my job I’ve always felt a bit of a failure. I’m overweight, though a lot of that is muscle to the point that i eight about 30-50 pounds more than people who are slightly bigger than me. Because of this I’ve always felt a bit of a failure. Normally someone in my position would receive a promotion to a site supervisor, which is a few bucks more for a lot of stress. I was going to try for a position as an event manager, given my experience working and hosting events, but one of my bosses suggested I go for a field managment position. I did, and soon I will be in charge of 20 sites and nearly 200 guards.
Huge, fricken, moral boost. I won’t be working nights as frequently, I will be able to go out weekend evenings some of the time, and I will soon be able to afford decent food.
In addition to this I recently purchased a new car. A 2014 Nissan Sentra, which I have lovingly nicknamed Sonata. I got a great deal on it. 28k miles in really good condition (in a color I actually like) but my price after taxes, which are decently high in Washington state, was the same as the fair market price. According to Kelly Blue Book, I literally got the car for cheaper than anyone else listed online from a dealer and paid the low end amount one normally gets from a private owner for a car in decent condition. I also got a really good financing rate due to having a top notch credit score, despite being poor.
Oh, and I get free oil changes for life and the dealer is in a moderately convenient location for me. Aces!
Add to that I have a great mechanic who has really helped me out since I am not one with a lot of money. I think I’ve gotten about 5 hours of free labor from him out of the kindness of his heart and he helped me find a buyer for my old car when it broke back in February.
So, I will be moving into a better place, new car, better job, my social life will improve, and I’ll be able to acquire a decent wardrobe. Things are really going well, not just adequate, for the first time in my life.
About the only downside is that I won’t have as much time for writing. However, I think I will be able to make better use of my time considering I will be able to sleep better and will be able to afford a weight loss pill that I’ve tried before, successfully, and is not a health risk AND it’s a slight stimulant which will help me with my ADHD (and motivation.energy), even if it’s just a placebo effect.
So, overall things have finally turned out really well, which is a lot different from where I was looking a few weeks ago with a new car and payments that were restricting my living condition.
As for writing there is a new group on FIMFiction, The A.K. Yearling Society for Original Writing. It’s a group for people who want to enter into the publishing industry, rather than just stay a fanficiton author and I think it has real potential for people who want to be serious authors. It’s run by Bookplayer and I have been made a moderator on it as well.
Now, the group itself is invite only. This is primarily for a legal reason. See, if something is posted online and accessible by anyone it can’t be published due to copyright issues and getting contracts. However, due to the creative nature of writing, posting something to a private group is fine because it’s “private” and this way you can still receive assistance.
So, if you want access to the group then post below and I’ll add you.
Now, I initially wanted to get the second, and last, chapter to Royalty for a Day up this weekend, but that won’t be the case. I needed to reword something in the beginning of the next chapter, which I’ve done, but I haven’t had the time to work on it. I hope to finish it this weekend, though I have a horrible track record of staying on point with writing schedules.
After that I will work on T, the Tiniest Troll (finally) and I need to do another rewrite of the last chapter of Dear Diary: Sunset Shimmer’s best friend for EQD. It’s a good experience working with EQD because it will help prepare me to deal with a publisher as I plan on continuing my book. I do plan on continuing with a few short fics but really short fics I can actually do in a day, it’s when I start taking works way too seriously that I slow down.
I also plan on continuing a few writing tip blogs and podcasts/vlogs. Specifically my series on Dialogue as it’s been awhile sense I have worked on that.
So, a massive blog but things are changing and improving and the future is really looking bright for the next few years.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I just wrote almost a thousand words for a blog, and I need to write more for a story.
Congratulations!
Sonata
That's a Hyundai, bro.
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I know, but it seemed to fit the car.
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Hurrah! I eagerly await returning to my pre-reading work on T! (Assuming you want me still.
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That group sounds interesting to me, considering I'm working on an original project as part of my studies.
3355344 I can picture the Abbott and Costello-style conversations you'll be having with naming your Sentra Sonata.