I took on another spec assignment. Another large spec assignment I might add. A book; this time around I will be writing a memoir. Will you never learn, you ask?! It seems no, no I will not. I’m what you might call an oblivious overachiever. That is to say, I would never purposefully overachieve. And yet … somehow …
Happened all the time at college. Art 101, for instance, we were assigned a final art project. There were all these postcard sized abstract paintings and mine – a poster-sized clown face in pointillism. Or medieval studies, where I decided to write a paper on women knights in the middle ages. What was I thinking?!
And here I go again…
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exciting! for who?
A friend of Shan's actually – she's had quite a life. I met with her briefly last Friday; I'm gonna meet with her and her sister on Monday. And we'll hope for the best …
What is a spec? I'm confused, and I don't want to see the giant clown face. I hate clowns.
You'd take pictures? That would be wonderful!
Doing a job on speculation – basically taking a risk in hopes of it paying off down the road. Where writing is concerned, it’s writing something for free, hoping it will lead to a job. In this case, I’m writing it now hoping it will get published and then I’ll get a cut. But, as we all know, there’s no way of knowing.
Don’t be scared of the giant clown face. I’m not so very fond of clowns myself. But this one was happy. In primary colors no less. I actually had a couple of mothers request I do one for their children’s rooms. But I promise not to give it to you for your birthday or anything.
And I’d love to!