In March, Two Writing Teachers hosts the Slice of Life Story Challenge. Everyone is welcome to share writing and comment on others in this special community.
Perhaps this slice will help some things make sense to some readers...
As planned, I made it to the car service place only two minutes late. I knew I'd packed in a lot for the morning, so I was pretty proud of myself for my almost-timeliness. Then, I made sure to gather everything I'd need for my 60-90 minute wait. I had a list of all I'd accompllish during that time. With the car checked in, I found myself a seat, pulled out my laptop, and logged in using the dealership's wifi. I was feeling pretty competent.
First on the list... getting the calls for slices written up and scheduled for the remainder of my hosting days. (There's a fair amount that goes on behind the scenes, and I did not want to be the reason anything goes less than smoothly!) I checked the calendar to make sure I knew how many days. Got it.
Then I started going through the posting checklist. Fonts set? Yes. All components included? Yes. Featured image? Hmm-hmmm. Blurb, title, reread... done, done, done. Time to schedule for publish.
When I went to do that, I hit publish, expecting the calendar to set the date and time.
Post published, the screen read. Your post is now live.
*&^%$%^. *&^%$%^. *&^%$%^!!!
You can all be impressed that the last line I wrote representing the words I was saying stayed as inside voices. I might have startled some people.
I scrambled with the post and the keyboard, wrestling through the correct screens and magic formulas to haul that post back into draft form and get it scheduled for 12:01 am TOMORROW.
And... my inbox merrily let me know about a new TWT post, as did a few other messages, calls, and emails since. So yes, my slice for the day. Sorry everyone!!
Melanie, I really appreciate the REAL nature of your post including the REAL words we can all imagine that come as the internet does not follow our plans. This is a slice we can all understand!
ReplyDeleteI like how you listed the behind-the-scene steps for all magic that makes this Writing Challenge run so smoothly. I know we say "thank you" as participants. However, so many steps. All as a volunteer. All as you also try to do your own life to-do list. A humble "thank you" from me!!! You and the whole team are rock-stars!!
ReplyDeleteWe’re all human. Thanks for the reminder. ❤️Jess
ReplyDeleteThank you for everything you all do to make this experience possible, and thanks for this slice today! I’ve “been there, done that” in so many situations!!!
ReplyDeleteWe've all had those *&^%$%^.-*&^%$%^.- *&^%$%^!!! moments with blog posts. I love that you spun it into a slice!
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