Doom: Tamed.
Where have I been for the past 6 weeks, since I last posted? I've been in my writing room, cleaning and cleaning and cleaning. Not every day, but about half of the days, sometimes for just an hour, sometimes for most of the day. It was a damn big project, but I am very happy to announce that it is mostly done. If you haven't already been following along, check out the Flickr photo set to see how far I've come. (Again, photos are friendslocked, I can send a guest pass if you're not on Flickr.)
The cleanup isn't done-done because I still have to sort and file a ton of paperwork (currently in boxes atop the filing cabinets where it belongs), and I have some plans for decor. I'll post more photos (maybe even public) when the room is really finished, probably at the end of the month.
And now I can sit at my clean desk in my beautiful writing room and write! One of my writing projects for the next 10 weeks will be the assignments for an online fiction class I'm taking through Stanford Continuing Studies. The course overview and first week information has just been posted, and the curriculum and format look great. I'm excited to be taking this class, and I'm looking forward to trying a different approach to writing for a little while. Maybe I'll even produce some (gasp) short stories. Yes, I am actually aware that fiction can be less than 100,000 words, thank you very much!
The cleanup isn't done-done because I still have to sort and file a ton of paperwork (currently in boxes atop the filing cabinets where it belongs), and I have some plans for decor. I'll post more photos (maybe even public) when the room is really finished, probably at the end of the month.
And now I can sit at my clean desk in my beautiful writing room and write! One of my writing projects for the next 10 weeks will be the assignments for an online fiction class I'm taking through Stanford Continuing Studies. The course overview and first week information has just been posted, and the curriculum and format look great. I'm excited to be taking this class, and I'm looking forward to trying a different approach to writing for a little while. Maybe I'll even produce some (gasp) short stories. Yes, I am actually aware that fiction can be less than 100,000 words, thank you very much!