Almost missed it...

An email came in last Thursday, and I managed to glimpse the subject line ("Alex, congrats on your first sale!") before my attention was drawn to other, more urgent messages. It turns out the message was from Etsy, and it informed me that the book I had put up for sale back at the end of June had been sold.

The message body encouraged me to "First, kick back and celebrate," and I did allow myself a moment of satisfaction, but that feeling was quickly replaced by my uncertainty regarding the question, "Now, where did I put that book?" (Ending up unable to ship my first sale would probably make it my last sale, netting no income and probably spelling the end of my Etsy experiment.)

I experienced a pretty hectic few hours—things get moved around here all the time, despite my best efforts to keep track of them—and in the end, I managed to ship the book on Friday.

That currently leaves my store empty because of an inability to get what I believe to be suitable product photos and, frankly, a combination of (a) laziness and (b) having other things to do.

I've got to move off of dead center with this. But for now, I've got this giant translation assignment to take care of.

Cheers...

Feels like old times...

Applying shoulder to wheel and nose to grindstone has resulted in the translation of a significant number of words (with said number still subject to "despeckling"). At this point, I believe I will be able to deliver the job ahead of my self-proclaimed deadline.

I also feel completely justified in goofing off for the rest of the weekend!

Cheers...