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The great thing about cliffhangers...
...is also the rotten thing about cliffhangers, at least, if you're the person responsible for resolving them.
Last week, I in effect promised readers of my LJ Idol story that I was going to come to the aid of a character who, left to his own devices (and being unconscious), would certainly come to a gruesome end without said aid.
Now, I've got to come up with something that does not involve a deus ex machina (although, to a certain extent, without adequate foreshadowing—and there certainly is a severe shortage of that commodity in my tale—that's always going to be an issue). Still, it's one thing to introduce a device that might make sense in a certain context (e.g., cylindrical bags of beans in a cellar) and quite another to lean heavily onto the deus part of the device, e.g., having an X-Wing fighter appear from the sky and strafe the stuffing out the bad guys.
I finally managed to send off the late assignment yesterday, and got two of seven late articles from the remaining late job out the door by mid-afternoon. A third is within a couple-three hours of completion, so it would appear—knock wood—that I stand a good chance of finishing the job before my stated "revised" submittal date.
I need to figure out what went wrong with these jobs. And then, I need to make sure it never happens again, because after more than 20 years of never missing a deadline, it really, really hurts to have missed two like this, as it turns my mind toward negative thoughts.
That said, tomorrow is going to be a great day!
Cheers...
Last week, I in effect promised readers of my LJ Idol story that I was going to come to the aid of a character who, left to his own devices (and being unconscious), would certainly come to a gruesome end without said aid.
Now, I've got to come up with something that does not involve a deus ex machina (although, to a certain extent, without adequate foreshadowing—and there certainly is a severe shortage of that commodity in my tale—that's always going to be an issue). Still, it's one thing to introduce a device that might make sense in a certain context (e.g., cylindrical bags of beans in a cellar) and quite another to lean heavily onto the deus part of the device, e.g., having an X-Wing fighter appear from the sky and strafe the stuffing out the bad guys.
I finally managed to send off the late assignment yesterday, and got two of seven late articles from the remaining late job out the door by mid-afternoon. A third is within a couple-three hours of completion, so it would appear—knock wood—that I stand a good chance of finishing the job before my stated "revised" submittal date.
I need to figure out what went wrong with these jobs. And then, I need to make sure it never happens again, because after more than 20 years of never missing a deadline, it really, really hurts to have missed two like this, as it turns my mind toward negative thoughts.
That said, tomorrow is going to be a great day!
Cheers...
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Um... flat board on stairs that makes it easier to drag a heavy person up them (you slide him). How's that?
And in return, you can help me with the English-spelled versions of Russian for something like, "What do YOU want?" and "Get lost!"
As to the other thing... I imagine that in 20 years, you have not been battling cancer, some rather debilitating treatments, and unfortunate timing in your wife being out of town for so long. All at the same time. :(
In feeling better and having less medically-consumed time, I'm hoping that problem will resolve itself.
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