Good Afternoon My Dears,
The life of leisure is starting to pale for this lady. I have been back in Edinburgh for two weeks and though I have had a couple of interviews, nothing has panned out on the job front. In fact, I was told this morning by an agency that the position I interviewed for last Wednesday had in fact been filled that Tuesday. BEFORE I even interviewed. The agency that told me that said that one of their candidates actually got the job. Apparently, the candidate who got the job had 10 years of accounting experience in a construction firm. As the role was for Miller, the largest builder in the UK, I get that they were more qualified. This agency is not the one that go me the interview, however. I actually haven't heard from that one, AT ALL. A wee bit unprofessional, in my opinion.
However, I am not really ready to throw in the towel yet. There are a couple of other roles that have come up, both temp and perm. The most interesting one in a business analyst role at a bank. However, if the temp one comes up, I am just going to take it no matter what else is going on. After all, I need to finance the writing career. I am going to write The Great American Novel.
I did promise an account of my writing on my last post. So here goes. In contrast to my anti- joiner mentality, I have gone and joined the Edinburgh Creative Writing Club. I have attended two meetings, and while I have not read anything yet, I am working on something to read, probably next week. Also, my sister wants me to collaborate on a story having to do with our family's immigrant experiences and her own. I am not really sure that I am truly qualified to write that kind of a story or that it has a market. My sister, wise soul that she is, pointed out that Frank McCourt did just that. So perhaps that is the way to go. A biographical novel would be a challenge for me. I have not ventured into that type of writing before. However, she has gotten a back up writer whose toes I may be treading on, especially as they may have already gotten a good start. Well, Al? The other piece of writing that I am currently working on ventures into the Juvenile Fiction realm and is a story set in Scotland with a young female protagonist. There will be magic and mayhem but the wizards are Welsh. We will see how it all plays out. The characters are currently clamoring to be heard and they are giving me a headache. You never know, I may be the next JK Rowling.
In other news, an ash cloud has curtailed most Scottish travel. This does not affect me as I have no plans to go anywhere any time soon. I am hoping that the ash cloud encourages people to go out and find things to do in Edinburgh. I have joined a New in Edinburgh group as well. This evening I am going to go to a movie with 20 people I have never met before. Should be an interesting experience, luckily there will be drinks beforehand. That might make things extremely amusing at least. Goodness knows I don't hold much expectation for a good show for the fourth installment of the Pirates franchise but it is something to do.
I am off to contend with the characters in my head with some fast writing.
Next Up: No Plans, so its sure to be a grand time. Stay Tuned.
Cheerio for Now,
Tina
The life of leisure is starting to pale for this lady. I have been back in Edinburgh for two weeks and though I have had a couple of interviews, nothing has panned out on the job front. In fact, I was told this morning by an agency that the position I interviewed for last Wednesday had in fact been filled that Tuesday. BEFORE I even interviewed. The agency that told me that said that one of their candidates actually got the job. Apparently, the candidate who got the job had 10 years of accounting experience in a construction firm. As the role was for Miller, the largest builder in the UK, I get that they were more qualified. This agency is not the one that go me the interview, however. I actually haven't heard from that one, AT ALL. A wee bit unprofessional, in my opinion.
However, I am not really ready to throw in the towel yet. There are a couple of other roles that have come up, both temp and perm. The most interesting one in a business analyst role at a bank. However, if the temp one comes up, I am just going to take it no matter what else is going on. After all, I need to finance the writing career. I am going to write The Great American Novel.
I did promise an account of my writing on my last post. So here goes. In contrast to my anti- joiner mentality, I have gone and joined the Edinburgh Creative Writing Club. I have attended two meetings, and while I have not read anything yet, I am working on something to read, probably next week. Also, my sister wants me to collaborate on a story having to do with our family's immigrant experiences and her own. I am not really sure that I am truly qualified to write that kind of a story or that it has a market. My sister, wise soul that she is, pointed out that Frank McCourt did just that. So perhaps that is the way to go. A biographical novel would be a challenge for me. I have not ventured into that type of writing before. However, she has gotten a back up writer whose toes I may be treading on, especially as they may have already gotten a good start. Well, Al? The other piece of writing that I am currently working on ventures into the Juvenile Fiction realm and is a story set in Scotland with a young female protagonist. There will be magic and mayhem but the wizards are Welsh. We will see how it all plays out. The characters are currently clamoring to be heard and they are giving me a headache. You never know, I may be the next JK Rowling.
In other news, an ash cloud has curtailed most Scottish travel. This does not affect me as I have no plans to go anywhere any time soon. I am hoping that the ash cloud encourages people to go out and find things to do in Edinburgh. I have joined a New in Edinburgh group as well. This evening I am going to go to a movie with 20 people I have never met before. Should be an interesting experience, luckily there will be drinks beforehand. That might make things extremely amusing at least. Goodness knows I don't hold much expectation for a good show for the fourth installment of the Pirates franchise but it is something to do.
I am off to contend with the characters in my head with some fast writing.
Next Up: No Plans, so its sure to be a grand time. Stay Tuned.
Cheerio for Now,
Tina
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