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The half way point has been passed!
Nov. 14th, 2017 09:44 pm I'm doing exceptionally well at this year's Nano. I've written SOMETHING every day and my daily average is almost 2k. The story is definitely darker than just about anything else I've ever written, but there has only been one chapter that was hard to write because of the level of darkness. My most faithful Beta reader assures me it's interesting but I expect him to say that. I really don't think this one is going to make it to editing.
The current chapter is going to be mostly taken up with explanation. Then the next three turn our attention to the genie. That should ramp up the darkness a few notches.
Work has been... unsettling. Again. Regrades and additional posts are being magicked up from who knows where, except for me. I have my line manager on the case. But I said today that I'm tired of playing by the rules when the rules can be changed for other people. My thinking has been to build such a weight of evidence that they cannot ignore it and have to give me something. But all the time there's a voice at the back of my head pointing out that if they wanted to give me something they could have done it ages ago.
One of my strengths is that I'm a generalist. The weakness, however, is that I lack specialist (aka valuable) skills. Of course, my particular skill set is unique and I, personally, am irreplaceable. BUT, they could quite easily recruit someone to my post who could fulfil the duties in my JD at least as well as I do. My position is, and has been for at least two years, that I am demonstrably working above my grade and the University should bloody well recognise that.
OK, that's enough whinging for tonight. Toodles, DW!
The current chapter is going to be mostly taken up with explanation. Then the next three turn our attention to the genie. That should ramp up the darkness a few notches.
Work has been... unsettling. Again. Regrades and additional posts are being magicked up from who knows where, except for me. I have my line manager on the case. But I said today that I'm tired of playing by the rules when the rules can be changed for other people. My thinking has been to build such a weight of evidence that they cannot ignore it and have to give me something. But all the time there's a voice at the back of my head pointing out that if they wanted to give me something they could have done it ages ago.
One of my strengths is that I'm a generalist. The weakness, however, is that I lack specialist (aka valuable) skills. Of course, my particular skill set is unique and I, personally, am irreplaceable. BUT, they could quite easily recruit someone to my post who could fulfil the duties in my JD at least as well as I do. My position is, and has been for at least two years, that I am demonstrably working above my grade and the University should bloody well recognise that.
OK, that's enough whinging for tonight. Toodles, DW!
