Hungry birds and Symi weather
Wednesday had a bit of a late start to it thanks to a late night on Tuesday; great barbeque, lots of fun chat and good company. One of those nights where you forget about time, until you realise it’s well after midnight and you should have been in bed hours ago. Wednesday was also pretty humid here with a few clouds about, one of those sticky days where even the breeze felt damp.
But that didn’t stop people being out and about on the jet-skis at Nos beach, or in the water swimming. It didn’t stop the day boats from coming in or the visitors from enjoying time in the harbour, up in the village, making use of the many tavernas and bars we have here on Symi.
It was also day two of the final edit of ‘Remotely’ which took up two hours of my day. Another twenty chapters were finalised, leaving 11 to do on Friday. That means I can start the online publishing process through Amazon, as we can’t finally finalise the book until I have the ISBN number, which I can only get by starting the process online, something I should do today or tomorrow. Meanwhile I am still working my way through the next one (for next year) in its first draft form and finishing my scriptwriting course. I have one last assignment to do by the end of August: to write a screenplay. It has to be at least 15 pages long, and tell a complete story. I think mine is going to come out at an odd length for a film, but it is after all, only an exercise. Once that’s done and ‘Remotely’ is out, I shall have a lot more time to put into the next two books but, once ‘The Saddling’ first draft is finished, I might take a few weeks off from writing and have a bit of a break.
Perhaps I will get a chance to head to the beach one day, I may even dip a toe in the water, but let’s not be too hasty. People find it odd when I say I don’t go to the beach very much, but you have to remember we’re not here to be on holiday. We both work every day at some job or other and finding time off is not always easy. Mind you, I did have Wednesday morning off as I woke up three hours beyond my usual time, so the morning actually went past very quickly. But yes, a couple of mornings on the beach or on a long walk could be on the cards soon, as soon as we’ve got this book out and that one drafted, and the next one planned and the course finished… Upwards and onwards.
