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# they approached you?
if so, can't they be negotiated with for more time/money?
(, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:02, archived)
# trying that now
but they want it ready for fathers day next year.
(, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:03, archived)
# go on the sick for a month and write it while you r are off...
(, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:06, archived)
# isn't it 8 days at a time before you need a doctor's note?
not sure how many times a year you could do it for though
(, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:07, archived)
# I meant go to doctor and claim stress... get a note for month....
get paid.... write book... go back to work... win win ;-)
(, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:09, archived)
# best of luck
if anyone deserves this, it's you
(, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:06, archived)
# So you have about 9 months?
Well, less with printing/editing time. It's not that much of a squeeze, is it?
(, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:06, archived)
# there's thinking time
drawing and writing,
then re-drafting, consultation etc
(, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:08, archived)
# The worst that could happen is you don't finish it in time.
Thinking time can be done in quiet spots through the week, surely.
edit: fuck, you're not amoebaboy, but the point still stands, dammit.
(, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:09, archived)
# trust me mu
those cunts i work for make sure theres no quiet spots.
its like a fucking prison camp.
(, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:11, archived)
# It still seems worth going for to me. You might get more work off the back of it.
(, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:14, archived)
# You might also want to invest some time in looking for a less cunty employer
and move to a day job that lets you have a little more time for other things. (Been there, done that)
(, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 23:04, archived)
# copy deadline new year
i would have to bust my balls every weekend, my day job fucks me right up
(, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:09, archived)
# wankers
(, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:15, archived)
# No way to wrangle time off at all?
Tell them *old relative* died and take a weeks compassionate leave.
(, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:17, archived)
# sack, sack, and more sack
you have no idea.
(, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:20, archived)
# ^this^
this and more this, you have no idea.
(, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:25, archived)
# shit! go for it
there comes a point in life when you should just trust in providence. find a way to get this book done even if it means fucking this job over. sometimes things have a habit of coming together when you trust your instincts :)

(, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 23:52, archived)