Classwork – 10 Hours
The reading from Rose this week was particularly dense with medical jargon. It was a bit of a difficult read. Also hard to think about the idea that it might be our own biology that makes us sick and prone to criminology. I share Rose’s skepticism (or perceived skepticism about whether or not this field can ever truly come out of the dark ages of racism. It is an interesting idea, although it is proving once again that no issue is as simple as we would like it to seem. Life has to be pretty persistent to survive under all those conditions. The guest speaker was also fantastic, it was an awesome class full of great ideas. I love the core portion of the programs.
Sunday – 4 hours
Monday – 2 hours
Tuesday – 4 hours
Publishing – 10 hours
Sandy hadn’t yet gotten the time to read my manuscript, so no feedback yet. I scheduled a time with her next week, should be able to get my feedback then. I did much more research on the different publishers, looking in to the exact requirements and trying to start gathering ideas for different cover letters. Only one publisher actually has the requirements that fit my novella, but it works out rather well because they are such a good fit. My cover letter apparently blew Sandy out of the water, although she and I both had ideas for revision of course. I need to reformat my manuscript in order to fit the publication standards, and I will definitely do that. I will also wait to submit until I hear back from her more about the story. I’m also having a friend look it over for edits and grammar mistakes, trying to get it as edited as I possibly could.
Tuesday – 3 hours
Wednesday – 3 hours
Thursday – 2 hours
Friday – 2 hours
How to Survive Being Blessed – 20 Hours
Far and away the toughest section that I have had to write. Got to the part about Mauri’s attack. It took me about six hours to write four pages, which is incredibly unusual for me. I want to write and write well, because I want to do this serious issue justice. Still frustratingly on the handwritten draft, even as the page count climbs to 76. Spent the normal amount of time writing but because of the difficulty of the subject matter, ended up not writing quite as much. Because of the length of Mauri’s story, I’m not certain how much of the others I will be able to finish. It just feels unbalanced without them, though it looks like I might want to try to break it up into either a series of novellas or maybe a book or two depending on length. I’m amazed that all of this writing is coming out of me, that I have this passion for writing that I can express so well.
Monday – 6 hours
Tuesday – 2 hours
Thursday – 4 hours
Friday – 4 hours
Saturday – 4 hours
Total: 40 hours
Cumulative total: 284