Saturday

Finished On the Proper Use of Stars by Dominique Fortier. My feelings are mixed.

I thought it was prettily written, but overall I wasn't dazzled with it. It jumps from character to character, mixing first-person with third-person (not criminal in itself, but not my cup of tea)...it was just too literary, I think. I prefer basic tropes in my reading choices, namely plot and some sense of the story going somewhere. None of the literary books I've ever read have done that.

I guess 2.5/5 for this one. Nothing horrific, but I won't be picking it up again.

It was originally written in French; I have to wonder how much is lost in the translation.

Got some writing done today in between rain showers. Wrote out the bulk of my statement, which I will be mailing to the EOCC, as well as a letter to the CEO and Board of Directors. HR will probably try to cover for the jackass, but so help me, people are going to know what he did.

I finally turned on the heater, warming the place up. It's been a quiet day - feels like any other Saturday, really. I'm sure the big shock will be Monday, Tuesday, all those weekdays that I no longer have to slop to work during...no more commute...simply perfection.

Still very scary, but what can you do.

I am considering sticking a toe in the business waters and starting an editing service on the side, just to see...well, just to see if I can do it. Why not? If it makes some income, awesome. If not, it can be my Failed Business Venture that I can tell around the table once I do have a Phenomenally Successful Startup.

Next read: not sure. I might dive into some of those editing books I've stockpiled, just to refresh my grasp of general editing and not this nitpicky, quasi-AP advertorial bullshit my supervisor rammed down our throats. I certainly have a bookshelf full of marvelous books to go through.

At World's End just came on. Time for a little refreshing piratical nonsense.