The Pit of Despair

I’m writing today from the Pit of Despair. Well, it’s actually more like a sunken living room from the 70’s with a matted brown shag rug that smells of stale beer. Oh hey, ribbon candy! Oye, never mind, it’s fuzzier than a dog’s ass and, oh god, I think I saw one of them move. My big news, please read the previous blog for an explanation, has fallen by the wayside. I was rejected. I suppose if I want to be in the writing biz (unnecessarily cheeky lingo) I’m going to have to face rejection. Want to know what I did? No?! Well, I’m going to tell you anyway. I mean, I really need to up the content on this site. Here it is:

I applied for a full time position at Disneyland as an AV Tech, or Sound Mechanic in Disney lingo. It’s something that I’ve always wanted to do ever since my days as an AV Tech at Story Land in Glen, NH. I’ve also always wanted to live in Southern California. So, I could have fulfilled two dreams in one fell swoop but they rejected me, really quickly too. I’m going out on a limb, to protect my frail man ego, and saying it’s because I’m not based in California. Of course I understand that it also could have been that my experience as an AV guy is not recent and over 25 years of technological advances have happened since then but the rejection still stung. At least I applied (shrug).

I’ve also rewritten my pitch for the unscripted reality TV show about Firefighters using the pitching guide from Stage 32. I do think that it’s much better formatted and written than the original, but time will tell. I’ll be making a few tweaks here and there and also keeping an eye out on the upcoming Pitch Sessions to see if there might be an industry pro that has produced something similar. Wish me luck and I’ll keep you posted!

Now that I’m just about done with the TV show pitch, I’ll be moving on to something that I haven’t been looking forward to, rewriting one of my short stories. It’s called Decay and it’s about a delivery driver that stumbles onto a town hidden in the New Hampshire woods that’s not as decayed as it should be. I think it’s pretty good. When I finish the rewrite to my satisfaction I’ll attempt to find a way to publish it. If not, I’ll put it up on this site under the Story Time tab.

Until next time. Be well.