I'm taking a class through the Gotham Writers Workshop this summer, and the course went live today. That means that midnight was the first time I could log on and view course materials, including workshop schedules and critique due dates.
At 11:48 pm, I got a "Gotham Class Late Notice" informing me that I'd been chosen to go first and my piece for workshop was due before July 8th (yes, the first day of class) so I was late. Sigh. Not an auspicious beginning.
I should not have been surprised, then, by what happened when I tried to post my first chapter.
I went through and carefully edited a file to upload, making sure that everything was exactly as I wanted it. This took over an hour. I saved the document several times, because I'm careful like that. Then I closed the document so that I could upload it.
And when I clicked "Browse" on the Gotham BlackBoard site to find my document, it was nowhere to be found. I checked my whole computer; there's no record of the file. I tried to wake Paul, but failed.
Well, I guess my plans for 2:30-3:30am, previously involving some sleep, have changed.
Fuck.
(Update: found it, buried in an invisible internet temp file. Everything else I'd planned to do tonight (like figure out who keeps trying to log on to one of my credit card accounts) will have to wait until tomorrow. Off to bed.)
Did you get it posted? How exciting! (well, after the extremely frustrating, and honestly, bizarre--the whole late before you can begin thing!)
ReplyDeleteI did! And, fortunately, the "late!" notice went away as soon as I posted and now says, "posted on time, awaiting critique" or something affirming like that.
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to this little stimulus package!