I should be writing.
Not much writing happened today, but I did attack other parts of my assignment. We are to read 10 books and complete an annotated bibliography, where we discuss craft elements of the book. Last night I stayed up until about midnight reading Gary Schmidt’s novel, Okay for Now. Wow, just wow. I had to save the…
Today I slept in and missed some solid early morning writing hours. Instead, I had bizarre dreams about giant bug-like things with fur invading my house. Gross. When I did get up, however, I felt pretty productive. I reread and revised my first three chapters, and then started outlining some of the upcoming chapters. I…
My goal was to post something on this blog each day, even when I’m not able to do my formal writing assignments. Well, I failed to reach that goal yesterday (sorry, January 30, 2014.) Thursdays are hard because it’s my wife’s late night at work. She doesn’t get home until after 10:00, which means that…
Today was my first day back to work after the Polar Vortex turned my regular weekend into a four-day weekend. Thanks, Polar Vortex! I’m glad that I used the time well. I now have 41 pages of manuscript, and I only need 40 by March 10th. I feel like the first 19 pages are revised…
It’s cold in Chicago. Actually, it’s really cold in Chicago, even by winter-in-Chicago standards. School is cancelled for the second day in a row. A couple weeks ago we had Monday and Tuesday off as well, for the first Polar Vortex. As a rule, teachers are more excited than students about having classes cancelled. But…
