November 16th, 2016:
Model contacts me through e-mail looking for work.
November 17th:
I respond to her with a brief outline for a project that I’m currently looking to cast, ask her to inform me if she thinks it sounds like something she might be interested in, and, if so, I’ll send her further details.
November 18th:
She responds and says she’s interested.
November 19th:
I answer back and give her the full details of the project — what it’s all about, what will be required of her, etc. And, I ask if she’s still interested, and let her know that if she is, I’ll book her in for the shoot.
November 20th:
She responds and says she’s still “very interested”.
November 21st:
I respond and confirm with her that she’s got the job and, once the costume, make-up and set design and development moves ahead a little further and I get an idea of when we’ll be ready to shoot it, I’ll contact her to nail down a shoot-date — probably in about a week, is my estimate.
November 22nd:
She responds and confirms she’s taking the job. She let’s me know she’ll be waiting to hear back from me regarding a shoot-date. She tells me she’s “very excited” and “looking forward to the shoot.”

Of course, since she’s booked in, I stop looking for models. And, since the model has now been cast, I kick everything into high-gear working with the MUA on the design, and working to construct the costume and set and procure everything needed.

November 30th:
I e-mail her and tell her we’re ready to start trying to nail-down a shoot-date that works for everyone, and ask her when might be a preferred time and date for her.
December 1st:
I get an e-mail back from her that just says “Sorry I did not receive your last message” Later that day I re-send my previous message to her.

…three days go by, and I hear nothing back.

December 4th:
I send her an e-mail asking if she got my message, if everything’s ok, and if she’s still interested in the shoot.

….Another three days and no word.

December 7th:
I send her another message and ask that if she’s no longer interested/able to do the shoot, to please inform me “Just a simple message saying ‘no longer interested’ will suffice” are my words, “so I’ll know to begin looking for another model.”

It’s now December 9th:
I’m still waiting to hear anything back from her. I doubt I’ll ever hear from her again.

Now I’ve wasted weeks and I need to start looking for another model — and who knows how long that’s going to take. And, I have to contact the MUA and get her to put everything on hold. It’s so damned frustrating!

What the !@##$! is wrong with people?

Lucky, however, other than that, it seems my string of bad luck has indeed broken. I haven’t had a bad experience with any models flaking on me since the writing of this article.