Empress of Dorsa Update: Words today: -210 <– this is a good thing, since I’m in the editing process and trying to reduce the word count! Manuscript total: 247,576 I arrived at school Monday morning at 6:45am to find that the door to my classroom was standing wide open. That Read more…
Empress of Dorsa Update: Words today: 0Manuscript total: 150,632 I don’t know why LT has to actually say things like, “You do realize you’re only four days out of surgery, don’t you? IT’S OKAY if you lay in bed most of the day!!!” I guess I just thought I’d feel Read more…
But first, a long-delayed Empress of Dorsa update: Words today: 0Manuscript total: 140,258 ^ As you will notice, the 2nd draft of Empress of Dorsa is currently longer than the total length of Princess of Dorsa and I still have a ways to go. It’s still shorter than Soldier of Read more…
Empress of Dorsa Update: Total words today: 727 (I’ll write a little more later)Manuscript total: 131,635 Four Years Ago This Holiday… Know what I realized? I started this website and wrote my first few blog posts almost exactly four years ago. Donald Trump had just been elected president, yet in Read more…
But first: Empress of Dorsa update: Total words today: 0 (working on this post first!)Manuscript total: 106,090 I am so happy with how Empress is going! I really hope that you will enjoy it when it’s finally finished! And now… The F Word: Adventures in Distance Learning, part 3 At Read more…
Empress of Dorsa Update Total words today: 197 (but I’m about to have a writing date with a friend, so that total will go up!)Manuscript total: 25,099 This post is directed at people who have read my work without paying for it. And I don’t mean KindleUnlimited, and I don’t 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 graduate school and student teaching, I’m suddenly student-teaching-free and grad-school-free 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 myself; even in elementary school, people were calling me “queer” 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 of a teacher — planning, teaching, grading, going to staff Read more…
Total words: 0 (haven’t started yet)Manuscript total: 22,471 On Friday, I mentioned how HBO is letting people stream a big chunk of its library for free. (Just go to HBO Go to start watching.) In the spirit of public service announcements, I have a few more for you today. 1. Read more…