24 March 2006
Doing chores
Next the accumulated backlog of features to finish, and since a flurry of email has just established I'll be away from mid-May to late-June, there'll be all the May and June features to finish, too. I've just realised that the very long feature, which will involve long phone calls to Paris and London and whose deadline was set a year ago, will be due while I'm away. So there's that to tackle, too. And it's not even paid (what was I thinking of?)
Then, of course, there's the backlog of pitches. And pitches related to the new trip. The narrow window of opportunity to speak to editors of some monthly magazines is coming up.
And all the logistics related to the new trip, although much of that has also already been arranged in further flurries of on-line work, quick trips to travel agents, and telephone calls. There's still much to do, however. Tourism bureaux and tour operators to chase, and so on.
I'll be in Hong Kong part of the time, so there's all the arrangements to be made to meet up with editors there, too.
At least the taxes are out of the way (except for signing the paperwork, which is in preparation).
And then there's the mountain of background reading to be done before leaving (otherwise it has to be carried).
Is this starting to sound less like fun and more like an infinite series of chores yet?
It's a family joke that I only go away in order to get a good night's sleep (almost impossible at home, especially recently). But in this case the first peace and quiet I'll get for several months will be when I step on the airplane. I just pray I don't end up locked up in a hotel room finishing up stories or edits on stories several months old and about places thousands of kilometres away.
Two weeks on the couch with no deadlines. I've been dreaming of this for years.
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