Lockdown progress report for May 29, 2020 Total words: 1,188 (not done though, just taking a break)Manuscript total: 89,919 I had my fourth interview for the same school yesterday — I did two middle school interviews and two high school Read more…
Lockdown progress report for May 24, 2020 Total words: 0 (haven’t started)Manuscript total: 84,341 My poor mom. I wouldn’t say that I exactly “yelled” at her, because it would have implied that I was angry. It was more that I Read more…
Lockdown progress report for Sunday, May 17, 2020 Total words: 0 (again, will start when I finish this post)Manuscript total: 69,411 I’m in an odder-than-usual lull in my life right now. After twelve months of really busting my tail with Read more…
Lockdown progress report for Saturday, May 16, 2020 Total words: 0 (I will start once this post is finished)Manuscript total: 67,802 I’m very visibly queer. I always have been. Everyone knew I was gay long before I figured it out Read more…
Lockdown progress report for May 15, 2020. Total words: 2,050 (back in the saddle!!!)Manuscript total: 67,802 (gulp… and we haven’t even really gotten rolling yet) At last I had a job interview this week. It was for middle school, not Read more…
Lockdown progress report for May 7, 2020 Total words: 0 (haven’t started yet)Manuscript total: 57,249 I keep reading news articles with desperate public health officials repeating the same thing over and over again: Choosing between keeping people alive and reopening Read more…
Total words: 2,312Manuscript total: 53,236 I want a haircut so badly. Soooooo badly. As I tug at the sideburns that should not be tuggable at all, I imagine the happy buzz of clippers as they erase all that hair back Read more…
Total words: 2,221Manuscript total: 50,927 I’m feeling really good about my progress on Empress of Dorsa, the third and final book in Tasia and Joslyn’s Chronicles of Dorsa trilogy. Only a month ago, the manuscript sat at about 11,000 words. Read more…
Total words: 0 (yesterday I wrote 1,990)Manuscript total: 46,517 Not having a job for an entire school year has been financially excruciating. Unlike interns in other professions, teacher interns (student teachers) do not get paid. We do all the jobs Read more…
Total words: 0 (it’s still early)Manuscript total: 42,517 That thing that I’ve been hearing people talk about finally happened to me today: This morning, I became utterly confused as to what day it was. As I headed downstairs early this Read more…