Two in a row, who knew?

Today I emailed one of my prospective employers. Originally, I was supposed to know if I got this position two weeks ago, but they need another four days to figure things out. Fortunately, behind every unfortunate occurrence is a concealed opportunity and hopefully their stalling has given me the time to maybe get a better/higher paying job in Roanoke. Which would be nice.

I've come to the realization in job hunting that, as I had previously suspected, my Spanish major is probably the best decision I could have made. It's the only thing getting me interviews right now, I think. The idea is, one the one hand, reassuring, as it means I have a sort of leg up, as it were. On the other hand, I am kind of disappointed that my International Studies major can only really be utilized in one of the positions I've managed to interview for (which was an internship and is kind of a fall-back thing). At least I know I really love Spanish (and I do, as fascinating as I find other languages Spanish is my favorite so far). So no matter what I'll get to explore something I love further, with the added ability of paying off my loans. Sweet, right?

In further news, I just wrote a sweet and possibly improbably scene in my new book, which is currently tentatively titled Mother of Creation in honor of the eventual fate of the sort of main character as the unwilling mother of a god and the goddess figure which manipulates her into that unfortunate position. Basically I'm psyched. I started off trying to be careful and write in a sort of chronological order but I've since given up and just focused on channeling the scenes given to me until I run out of that and go back to beef out the plot/characters/etc. It's moving a lot faster now.

Still no word from agents, but they still have another week or so that they could respond before I'll move on and start looking for a new batch for The Last Disciple. I think a potential difficulty with that work is my own lack of decision concerning the genre. Still, I think it's marketable. Definitely a lot better than many other books I've recently come across. Lack of cohesive plot/character development honestly is one of my least favorite things to be exposed to in a book. It sticks in my head for days, and not in a good way.

Now I'm obviously rambling. Time for bed!