I understand that some bloggers schedule all their posts in advance. Or at least most of them. And that even more of them are planning and starting to do that for the A-Z challenge. I take exception to this on two levels:

1. I’ve scheduled posts before, though these days I mostly do it for blogfest. Thing is, if I’m inspired to write a post in the middle of the day and schedule it, 50% of the time it’s passioned rambling that makes no sense eight or twelve hours later and I delete it before it goes live. As long as I post my passioned rambling when I have the thought, I usually don’t try and convince myself to go back and un-post it later.
2. Part of the purpose of the A-Z blogging challenge (as I understand it) is to write every day…

Speaking of A-Z (isn’t everyone these last couple of days? It’s okay, it makes for a convenient double entendre segue.), one of the things I’m most looking forward to is the meeting of new people. Making new acquaintances and friends.

Good friends are one of the best things in the world. They’re also one of the rarest, but that just makes them more epic.

I’ve been a little bummed lately. Go figure. I think everyone questions something when they lose a job or even when the job they’re in starts to suck for whatever reason. Before I left my last job, I questioned my sanity. Different story for a different day. When I lost this job, I really started to question my intelligence and ability to use my creativity and skills to stand out in a crowd. A number of my insecurities are tied to my intellect and whether or not it’s all that, so it made sense.

I got a phone call yesterday morning, out of the blue. The guy said ‘I got your name from … he told me you were in the market for a job, I have some of those available.’ Seriously, if … had been in the room, I would have given them a big hug. I’m meeting with phone-call guy this morning, he’s a recruiter. I’ll take any (non-creepy-sleezy) contacts I can take at this point.

But it gets better. I was exchanging e-mails with my critique partner yesterday. We do that with decent frequency, go figure. I’ve met all sorts of people online, but very rarely have I felt close to any of them. The thing about online people (yes that means both you and me), they’re not real until I meet them face-to-face. Doesn’t mean they can’t be real, I married someone I met online. But…

This woman is a great friend. She’s halfway around the world, but it still feels like she’s always there. And the email exchange yesterday was nothing out of the ordinary, but something about it just bolstered my spirits. I’d give her a big hug too if she was here. Except I don’t know that she’s a hugging person. And I’m not usually. So…that might be awkward…anyway ^_^ How about I buy you a coffee, instead?

The fact that a second random guy called yesterday afternoon because he found my resume online didn’t hurt either, but it wouldn’t have held any meaning without the first two incidents. I’m meeting him this afternoon. Is it all right to be seeing three recruiters at the same time? At some point I might write a post about how head-hunters are and aren’t like literary agents. Because it would be a fun parallel to draw. “H is for Head-Hunter”. Though with any luck, I’ll be done with the job search and bored with the topic before I find a good letter excuse to do that.

Sorry there’s so little ‘writing’ content here. I haven’t done much writing this week unless resumes counts. But I have some epic ideas for revising one novel, finishing another, and possibly starting a third. I suppose that’s coming soon because I’ll figure out a way to make it all fit into the whole alphabet scheme of things. Speaking of…I’m off to schedule my ‘A’ post for tomorrow. 😉

So…if you’re participating in A-Z, are you planning like so many, or just going with the flow like me?

And if you’re not, what are your plans for April instead?