#cornavirus

I feel fine. I have a runny nose. No Smell. A mild headache and a little tiny tiny bit caughing and sneezing just a tiny bit.

So my (double dosed) vaccination status wasn’t showing up on my immunisation record. Which I’m gonna need eventually when vaccine passports become a thing -- to get into places, actually socialise with people etc

In what I thought was a logical first step, I call the coronavirus hotline. They put me on hold for fifteen minutes. Then transfer me to someone else on the “vaccine team” internally, who tells me to call the immunisation register.

I call the immunisation register. Hold for 10 minutes. Tell me to call another extension. Call the other extension. Placed on hold for another 15 minutes. They tell me to call myhealth.

Call myhealth. Hold for 15. Then another half an hour talking to some dude only to find out he can’t help me.

Call the immunisation register again. I figure, it’s their goddamn website right? 20 minutes on hold. Made sure to very, very clearly explain the issue and that I had already talked to myhealth etc and eventually got the guy to find that “my records were unlinked” (?) and he said he had escalated the request to head office -- with “no timeframe for resolution”.

It’s like that bureaucratic “The Place That Sends You Mad" from the old “The Twelve Tasks of Asterix” comic. 

Hopefully this works and fixes shit at some indefinite period in the future. Only took me two hours.

Coronavirus in Gotham

Hi WWC Readers!

As coronavirus has the lot of us self-quarantined, we want to send virtual good vibes your way. These vibes will conveniently stop 6 feet away from you. 

I know how stressful it can be, especially if you struggle with other physical and mental health issues. I'm personally (Colette) using the time to be as productive as possible and fend off the depression. As well as making major strides in my personal writing, I wanted to scope out time for some WWC content to help with the isolation. Camp nanowrimo is also around the corner, so there's that!

As I map out my WWC projects, I wanted you guys to help me decide on what to complete next. This is aside from responding to the asks you submit.

I planned on doing all these things below, but i'll prioritize whatever gets the most votes. 

Vote on Colette's next project! (A, B, C, or D)

A. Subverting Racial Stereotypes

How to intentionally take hold of the trope but change it enough (or pull away from it) where you don’t fulfill the trope in the end.This takes some skill!

B. List of all Black Stereotypes/Tropes & How to Handle 

I will work from my experiences as a Black American writer/reader. I shall cover every single one I can think of.

C. List of Beta Reader/Sensitivity Reader Resources 

This one requires help; we'll need to solicit for readers who offer this service!

D. Something else (what you got in mind?)

Votes sent as “Asks” may get lost among everything else. Please use this post to tell me your vote!

Stay well,

Colette & WWC

P.S. On New Moderators