Day 71........lots of new books on screenplays

Day 71........lots of new books on screenplays.

3 Girls and 4 Suitcases.

Some days I get to the library a bit later than planned and yesterday was one of them. I have become a bit of a 'slob' but my hair really couldn't wait another day to see shampoo on it and so I jumped in the shower to become beautifully fresh again. Pulling on yoga pants and a couple of t-shirts, afterwards, it struck me that I may want to think about getting dressed up more than once a week, on the weekend when I shop with Ali. And then, I have the conversation with myself on the subject of 'why bother?'
To and fro I go and it reminds me that I must be very off balance with Scleranthus, which reminds me that I have been a ditherer (HUGELY) at certain times in my life. I won't go into details here but I do feel a Bach Blog coming on.
So, late to the library (I had upgraded to a pair of jeans from the yoga pants) and guess who was back.....very loudly? That was too big a clue and yep, you got it right...the snorer. I do not know how the people facing and close by him did not get up and leave (or smack him across the head) because he sounded like he'd he was very overweight and had had too much to drink (attributes that I link to snoring loudly)
Lucky for me, my Beech is working better thaan my Scleranthus and I was able to pretty much tune him out whew.
I worked through a great handbook on writing for all sorts of publications and got some good ideas for more research. This writing lark seems to be as much about getting it to the right person and making sure that it's written EXACTLY in the format they want. Even the query letters seem to need to be formal and exact. Not much hope of getting a reply to my chatty email to a magazine editor, then-lol. I will rewrite and send a formal one, over the next couple of days or perhaps she was not the editor for me.
Everything seems to work very slowly in the literary world, as well. A big lesson for my patience...or lack of it.
I checked out another 4 screenplay books so that I have a few to work through to reinforce what's required and I am contemplating investing in some software because it seems to make the actual task of puting the screenplay in correct format.....a piece of cake. Well that's according to folk like Ben Stiller and James Cameron, so who am I to doubt them?
Last nights research was extensive, to try to find who holds copyright of the book due to the author being deceased. No luck finding that and so I may have to pay to find out. The only place I could find that may have the info was the Copyright place in Washington DC and they want $200/hr (minimum of 2 hrs) to look, for you. I would be cheaper going down to DC and doing the search myself (free) Do I feel a roadtrip coming on?
For now I will trust that the Universe would not have tasked me with this work, if it was going to be impossible to complete.
Despite the plan to have an earlier night, my research had me up till after 11pm. That's still earlier than I used to go to bed, though but I was VERY reluctant to get out of my 'kip' this morning.
You know how you think about doing something and then never do it? Well, my alarm clock is set to radio and the radio station (for some obscure, unknown reason) is on a news channel. Every morning I wake up to the news (It's not even on the hour because it's 7 minutes past) and every morning I think to myself 'I must change this to music'.......but the news comes on the following morning. Maybe tomorrow?
Right, I have a task this morning. At 10am, Taylor Swift tickets go on sale and I am responsible for helping Jen and Ali obtain tickets for her concert, here in Toronto, NEXT October. (Another subject which makes my blood boil-the interest that is made on these ticket sales. I think that they ought to have to sell the tickets a month before-not a year before. They'd still make a ton, on interest)
My instructions are to connect with Jen vis phone and both of us to simultaneously attempt to buy tickets-woohoo. A chat with Jen who will be all bleary-eyed 'cause it'll only be 7am in Vancouver.
I better go meditate and get my breakfast before the task begins........wish me luck or I shall have a sad-faced Ali' this evening.
Love to all,
Lxx