Sunday Snippet: Exit Stage Left

Is it really August? Man, I'm actually kind of thankful. I'm ready for 2020 to be over and done with. It's been a very crazy year.

Had a fairly busy week of calls with potential new clients and a new project starting. It's been kind of slow since May and I'm excited to see if things pick up a little now.

I also got quite a few of my long-form brainstorming sessions converted into text. I'm seriously thrilled with this!! I can't wait to see how many I get translated and transferred over this week.

Didn't get a lot of shows watched this week, but I did catch another couple of episodes of Danger Man.

Also watched episode seven of The Witcher and I'm so happy there's going to be another season of this show.

I'll be catching the second Gabriel's Inferno movie this week, even if I have to stay up super late to watch. I'm looking forward to this one.

I'll hopefully be catching up with a few other shows also. It's been hit or miss with both time and lack of focus to get into a show.

That's pretty much it for television this week. Tonight's post is from Exit Stage Left, a novella with characters who have a major attraction but one can't get his head out of his butt because of past baggage.

Here's the mini-blurb:

Sage Winesboro, the new production director of his local playhouse theater, doesn't always see eye to eye with his current set designer, Georgie Freed. When she proves her worth, but decides to exit stage left, he realizes he's missing out on what could be a great working and personal relationship.

And a snippety peek…

Blonk … blonk … blonk … blonk!

Georgie Freed grabbed her phone and silenced the annoying blare of her alarm then groaned and shoved her hair out of her face. "Argh. Why did I commit to helping the high school with their stage sets?" Rolling out of bed, she hit the kitchen of her small cottage and poured a cup of coffee.

Taking the mug with her into the bathroom, she completed her morning routine of brushing her teeth and turning the water on in the shower. More like early afternoon routine, Georgio. Yeah, well, she'd fallen into bed just after five a.m. after spending most of the night working on the final set piece.

Bringing the cup to her lips, she drank a bracing gulp of the coffee. "It's a good thing Betts stayed and helped." Georgie's best friend also ran the theater department for the high school. "Also a good thing I'm not an actor or I'd be really late for the first day of production." Her newly minted position as the set designer for the Triple Crown didn't come with a lot of perks, but not having to go in early happened to be one she welcomed.

After grabbing her shower, she dressed quickly. "New season, new director, new position. There's a lotta change going on right now." Which she actually didn't mind.

Right. Because you've got nothing else in your life right now.

"Shut up." Her inner voice could be a major downer sometimes.

She didn't have a significant other in her life by choice. Yeah, yeah. Work comes first.

Georgie grabbed her gear and snagged her keys from the shelf. "Well, yes. It did this past year." As soon as she heard there might a spot, she networked the hell out of anyone that might listen to why she'd be the best candidate. "And it paid off. Here I am. Finally able to work full-time in my dream job." So what if the rumor mill already churned with some interesting bits about the new director.

Are you kidding? You could end up looking for a new theater company to work for, that's what.

Georgie ruthlessly ignored her inner voice. She had enough drama in her life just getting out the door to head for work. And first day jitters to top everything off…

I love the dynamic Georgie has with herself. Inner voices are so much fun!

That's it for this week. Happy reading!

Skylin