I think I’ve hit on a pretty decent plan.

I wake up; I get out of bed right away. I wash, make tea, log on my computer, and work for at least two hours, preferably four, before I even think of taking a break.

Yesterday, I wrote a freelance article. Today, I did a slew of research on Montreal publishers and writers, and wrote a slew of requests for review copies for the magazine.

There’s only one thing preventing all this work from being resolved: my work e-mail is giving me grief. I can receive, but I cannot send. Eudora keeps telling me sweetly that it’s connecting, but that the connection times out.

So let me get this straight: this set-up and connection will merrily receive, but it will not deliver outgoing mail. It connects to the same IP number at the other end.

Grr.

In the meantime, I have a pile of letters and requests for review copies and press releases sitting here. I’m so close. Almost there.

I think I need more tea.