Dark time Monday morning, a new week starts. I had one of those weeks last week.
Unexpected tax bills resulting from a mis-understanding of the company accounts. Delays in shipping items I need for classes. Sick kids. People owing us money for building contracts making it hard to pay the wages. You know. Little things just piling up. I was hanging out for Saturday, which was 'crop day' for me. Trina stayed Friday night, we stayed up til the early hours laughing and chatting. It was just the medicene I needed.
Then I woke to the news on Saturday morning that my second book, which had been in proposal since 2007, accepted in December last year and contracted to me this year, has been stopped. I am being paid a break fee and all production is to stop. Nothing to do with my writing or organisational skills, or of the quality of my artwork. All to do with the recession and economic forecasts just released by the publishing company. I did try and suggest we carry on anyway.. wait..
"Dear Editor of the fabulous book publishing company,
Thank you for your concerns regarding the economic climate, but I am not particpating in the recession.
Love Nic Howard".
It didn't work.
Anyway. Thank you to the four amazing wonderful contributors I had lined up. Thank you to the manufacturers that were lined up to support me. Although no product had arrived and I am grateful of that. And thanks to the book publishing company for the faith they had in me in the first place. The book was going to ROCK. Seriously. I loved it. I loved the concept, and the public was going to as well.
Cest la Vie, I guess…..
Back to scrapping life memories for myself and my other commitments. Which I can now come off long service leave from. You probably didn't even realise I had gone on leave.
And back to organising Autumn Escape. The worse the economic situation is, the more determined I am that this is going to be successful. (And yes I wish I could pay for you all to come… I book in with Lotto every week for a big influx of monetary aid, but no one seems to listen). Actually, more than successful. Amazing and something to take me away from it all for the weekend. Somewhere where we do not mention the recession.
I'll leave you with one of those life memories I mentioned. The layout is nothing flash or amazing. Nothing to ooooh and ahhhh about. It's just memories on paper.
Actually this was a life lesson for me.
Lesson #264. Even when you are super sure that something will not happen, never ever ever promise 100% that it will not. There is always a chance it will. I'm hoping that applies to winning lotto too.
Laters.
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