August and Other Minor Inconveniences
The good news is that, against all odds, I’m actually posting this one on time. The bad news is that punctuality appears to be the main achievement here, because there really isn’t much else to report. Let’s start with the HarperCollins Virtual Insight Days. I’d applied twice before, and on my third attempt, I finally got selected. The irony is that this was also the application I put the least effort into. I filled it in during the quiet moments and work breaks, apparently proving that my best strategy for getting what I want is to care slightly less about getting it. It’s a dangerous precedent to set. If you want the full story, I wrote about it on LinkedIn, which you can find here. The day itself was... fine. Not life-altering, not exactly a cinematic turning point, but it did give me two things: confirmation that my instinct for publishing departments is still intact, and, perhaps more importantly, the determination to keep pursuing it. The unfortunate news was that, despite ...
