Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Another Day!
It seems to be the beginning of another eventful semester! But I did actually received some assignments in the mail today. Thrilling! I've also been busy administering the Spanish Challenge Exam-all have passed. That makes it so much easier for my native speakers. It also means less stuff I have to grade and fewer people I have to deal with!
I'll be so glad when Festival Association is done after this weekend. I think the band will do quite well at the showcase. It should lead to more gigs, and we're getting a lot of those! Our new pictures look really good, even if they are just of me. At least I didn't look as fat as I thought I would.
I'm stuck at the same place on the book. Things are on such an even keel in real life it's hard to write an argument. I'd rather write one when things are absolutely perfect, then the tension in the story doesn't seem quite so draining. I'm sure once I finally jump in and do it, it will all fall directly into place. It's just been tough, because I need space and quiet to get it done, with no possibility of interruption-and I've had a lot of those lately. They will die down as soon as the semester gets to really rolling and our work for the Festival Association is done.
Noël has been reading the manuscript-she seemed to like what little bit she's read. Tony said she was reading it yesterday while she was eating her lunch. It's just a bummer she doesn't have the better version of the first part, which I haven't printed yet, although she does have the revised first chapter. I just hope she doesn't think it's too cheesy-the last half is turning out so much better.
I've also been struggling with what I can do short story-wise. I want to enter some more competitions, but I just can't write short stories. I have to much else to tell. I started an essay on why I struggle with shorts, maybe that would be worth something. I want to send something in to the next big Writers' Digest competition-but it has to be 4000 words or less. The last short story I finished is at 4,432. It's about a girl who enters a karaoke contest to win some money, loses, but gets discovered by a big rock star. It's not too bad I guess. It's just too long!!!
I'll be so glad when Festival Association is done after this weekend. I think the band will do quite well at the showcase. It should lead to more gigs, and we're getting a lot of those! Our new pictures look really good, even if they are just of me. At least I didn't look as fat as I thought I would.
I'm stuck at the same place on the book. Things are on such an even keel in real life it's hard to write an argument. I'd rather write one when things are absolutely perfect, then the tension in the story doesn't seem quite so draining. I'm sure once I finally jump in and do it, it will all fall directly into place. It's just been tough, because I need space and quiet to get it done, with no possibility of interruption-and I've had a lot of those lately. They will die down as soon as the semester gets to really rolling and our work for the Festival Association is done.
Noël has been reading the manuscript-she seemed to like what little bit she's read. Tony said she was reading it yesterday while she was eating her lunch. It's just a bummer she doesn't have the better version of the first part, which I haven't printed yet, although she does have the revised first chapter. I just hope she doesn't think it's too cheesy-the last half is turning out so much better.
I've also been struggling with what I can do short story-wise. I want to enter some more competitions, but I just can't write short stories. I have to much else to tell. I started an essay on why I struggle with shorts, maybe that would be worth something. I want to send something in to the next big Writers' Digest competition-but it has to be 4000 words or less. The last short story I finished is at 4,432. It's about a girl who enters a karaoke contest to win some money, loses, but gets discovered by a big rock star. It's not too bad I guess. It's just too long!!!
// posted by LJo @ 9:57 AM 
