Summer

We're in finals week here at Kirkwood, so technically it's still spring. I give two finals Tuesday, the 13th, the last day of the spring semester, and then summer term kicks right in on the 19th. Kirkwood has borrowed some of my writing every day time during the job search, so I still get to write pretty much every day until I go on my summer vacation, which begins a little earlier than normal for me this year.

I'm not going anywhere foreign or exotic this summer. I'm not going on a week long writing retreat either. I'm going to Wiscon, like I always do, for it is a dear outing with dear friends. I'm going to Detcon because, in addition to seeing friends, I want to make some writerly connections. I'm going to Convergence, because that's a Bryon and I thing, plus, you know, we do it every year for many of the same Wiscon reasons.

For me, that's not much traveling. I'm going to roof seam repair land AND bathroom remodel land. That'll be fun.

And I'll spend my summer writing. Yes, I have this strange idea that if I spend every day writing like a full time job this summer, I could complete Klarion I. Call me crazy. Right now, usually, I'd be reading a lot of workshop material. Instead, I'm getting my novella around for Paper Golem and going back to my novel. I like going on writing retreats, but THERE'S some food for thought, right there. Productivity versus fun.

Ah-hah! You scream type A at me! No, don't go all crazy. Fun is still number one. But I have been gifted with a huge chunk of time to write. I'll keep writing from May 14th until June 6th, but starting June 9th until July 29th, large tracks of free time are mine. What would it be like to be a full-time writer? I think I'll get a simulation going on.

Okay. Students coming in for interviews, followed by a day of the last interview. Hurrah?

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