Recent Excitement

Three of my fiction students asked me if they could "talk me into" teaching them a private class. An advanced fiction workshop.

These students are currently publishing. I mean, they know a thing or two about craft, and frankly, I didn't know how much they'd get out of my class in the first place.

But apparently, they liked it! And I am just GIDDY coming up with the readings for this class... I'm thinking a mix of theory, craft, readings, and some good ol' fashioned workshop.

Eeeeeeek!!

Thesis Update:

One-hundred-and-sixty-one-pages, thirty-nine thousand, three-hundred-and fifty-seven words.

It's short for a novel, I know, but... done and DONE.

And now...

(Actually, it's far from done, but at least it's on paper.)

Thesis Update: 36854

I opened my baggy monster file this morning, and the word count is at 36, 854. That sounds SO much more impressive than 141 pages.

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Thesis Update:

I have written 134 pages of my thesis. I'm supposed to be calling it a novel, but it's more of a monster at this point.

I once went to a writing conference where Jane Smiley said "Don't even worry about the first draft. Just write it." I wrote that down in my planner and keep coming back to it when I realize this thing is a mess.

That's not the point, though. I have an actual due date. It's April 19th. And 150 pages, minimum.

Which means, I have four days to write sixteen pages. Which is not quite enough to make me panic. Which also explains why the beginning of this blog is so timely.

I mean, why write a thesis when you can write to yourself online?