I haven't been blogging for a week. It seems longer. In fact, the past week seemed like a month. What happened was that I became totally immersed in the proposal that I was brought on to help with. This was the proposal for the European client (and no, I didn't have to help with the production -- yay!!). But the workload was incredible.
At the time I was brought in to assist, the proposal was in its second draft. I worked with my client -- who had come here to the US from Europe -- and also with staff of some of his subcontractors who were in the Washington, DC area. During that week, about half of the technical proposal sections underwent major revisions or were re-written. Other, smaller sections were written from scratch since they hadn't been done. Since a detailed outline had never been created, we also found that the RFA included some requirements that hadn't been addressed. The proposal was also completely reformatted. Everything seemed to take forever.
My client left to go back to Europe on Wednesday, but I continued working long hours on Thursday and Friday. By Friday afternoon, it was done and production began (at the client's office). On Saurday, one of my client's staff hand-carried the proposal on a plane to Washington, D.C., where it will be delivered today.
Everyone worked very hard and we were all under a lot of stress. But in the end, the proposal came out really well. All of us, I think, felt good about it. And another good thing -- my client (and the staff of his subcontractors) were just great to work with!
Now, on to other new and exciting projects.
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