A Prayer for the Second Semester
Dear Lord, I’m grouchy today, and so are the kids. We’ve been spoiled by two weeks of indulgence and now we have to get back to our school work. Sil...
Tag: graduate school
New Year, Same Book
My novel is still where I left it on December 18, when the fall semester ended and I had not yet finished my Christmas shopping. I hit 102,000 words, then stepp...
Waving the white flag with long division
Single-digit division was a snap. Double-digit division was a breeze. Triple-digit division with remainders has left Jeremy in the pit of all that is wrong with...
Back to School
Now that Literary Theory is officially over (THANK THE SWEET LORD), I can put my entire brain back into homeschooling. That sounds bad, doesn’t it? Like I...
Novel Writing and Schizophrenia
In my limited experience, these two things are well-paired. I hit 60,000 words last night and completed Part Two of what could be a four-part book. I initially ...
The Wall
I’ve hit it. I knew it was coming and today I ran smack into it with my eyes wide open. The Wall showed up at 49,975 words. My story is at its midpoint, s...