I got a job! At the very last minute, I got called in for an interview, and a few hours later I had a job, a professional development day to attend the next morning, and a class that starts on Wednesday. I'm teaching first-year composition (which I love) to a group of students who I'm told are very, very challenging. I did say I wanted a ( Read more... )

Today I turn 38. I have made some decisions, as one does sometimes when the year turns to another year ( Read more... )

I don't usually brag about my kid, or talk about her here much at all actually, but the other night when left alone for 45 minutes while I put the toddler to bed, she, entirely unprompted and on her own, wrote this ( Read more... )

Just popping up for a moment to let you all know that I still exist. I seem to have accidentally gone into full-lurk mode, though. I read some of my flist posts sometimes, but not all of them and I don't comment on much, I haven't read fic for a week or two (what's /wrong/ with me?), and I read Twitter but don't much tweet ( Read more... )

I'm about ready to admit that I've lost my ability to produce any creative writing whatsoever. The tiny bursts of writing, which come when available time and available brain align, have been getting smaller and farther between, and now I can hardly even muster the ability to remember my overall plans much less motivate myself to work on them. ( Read more )