this woman’s work

I have an interview to do in one hour and fifteen minutes for which I am woefully unprepared. So I’m writing about it in an effort to calm myself down.

Here is my usual interview prep:

1. Google the hell out of my subject and/or topic and take lots of off-computer notes.

2. Come up with list of questions.

3. Know stuff inside and out so I can also ask questions on the fly.

4. Set my phone up with my cordless Madonna headset so I can type and listen at the very same time.

Today’s interview prep:

1. Google the hell out of my subject but take no off-computer notes because I’m doing it at First Watch while simultaneously eating breakfast/drinking coffee.

2. Look at my list of questions and feel confused. What was I going to say again?

3. Hope I know stuff well enough to ask questions on the fly but feel nervous. Haven’t crammed since college.

4. Hope one of my headsets works with the cell phone since the good bluetooth one requires electricity. Feel slightly panicked.

I should have rescheduled the interview but I was in denial about having no electric. Wish me luck.

I wanted to use the new/old header graphic. And I wanted to play with wordpress themes. That’s the real reason we started Open Book Strategies — so I could play with wordpress themes! Speaking of which, I need to get to work!

So I’ve got a gig coming up with the Greater Columbus Arts Council where I’m going to be talking about making a living from writing and am pulling together what all I’m going to say. Do you guys have any input on what kinds of things you’d want me to address if you were attending a session like this? Here’s the description:

Writer Dawn Friedman will talk about her switch from part-time writer to full-time freelancer and family breadwinner. She will discuss the challenges of balancing artistic and financial needs and share the way she learned to market her job skills her creative self.

Tomorrow is billing day and I need to sit down with Brett and figure out how much one client owes me. This client has paid in dribbles and drabs, which is ok but wreaks havoc on my invoice system because Billable doesn’t have a way to mark invoices as partially paid. I have to go through and mess with ‘em manually and I’ve been avoiding it for too long.