I haven’t done any editing this weekend. I’ve been too busy with my son’s hockey team photo, my report cards, catching up on my marking and a bang-up Christmas party laid on by my husband’s company. Tonight we’re going to my brother’s house for dinner. I feel very lucky to be busy in so many good ways. (Did I mention I’ve finished the report cards).
I haven’t read any books to review lately, but I am looking forward to upcoming sessions of the Humber Writers’ Circle talks. I’ll try to post some insights from these sessions:
Saturday December 8
Author: Cynthia Holz (The Good Man)
Topic: Characterization
Saturday January 19
Author: Sally Cooper (Tell Everything )
Topic: From Teacher to Writer
Saturday February 23
Author: Joe Kertes (Gratitude)
Topic: The Editing Process
Saturday March 29
Author: Anthony De Sa (Barnacle Love)
Topic: Writing Short Stories
Those of you not living in Toronto may be interested in Humber’s creative writing courses by correspondence. For more info see: Humber School of Creative & Performing Arts.
Lately there have been so many hits on this blog from outside North America. I love showing my cluster map to my son. He’s learning where to find all sorts of places on the globe. I’m learning to value this blog. When I returned to school, I considered dropping it because work takes up plenty of time in the evenings and on weekends.
It seems logical to stop now. I’ve done what I set out to do: write something every day and learn to write reviews. The time it takes to blog is time I could be spending writing or editing fiction. I’ve decided to continue, for now, because there are people from all over the world reading my words. What more could I ask for?
Happy Reading!
Busy time of year, right? I like your spin on it, tho. Instead of complaining you were grateful to be engaged in such worthwhile activities.
I feel the blog dilemma. I’m running into a similar problem with mine. Between work, keeping up with my regular online reading and preparing my grad application, it’s been really hard these days to keep up regular entries. But it really is worthwhile, so hopefully I’ll get an entry up tonight!