I know it’s been awhile. But a lot has been happening. Allow me to update you (because I know you are all completely fascinated by my life).
- I got to spend a WHOLE FIVE DAYS with my Gibson Girl friends! We weren’t all always there at the same time, but for the most part we got to catch up on a lot, and it was so much fun. We watched movies, and read books, and went for walks, and talked or didn’t talk as we pleased, and did nails, and in general just got girl time in, which was sooo overdue. Speaking of which, we also all decided it was time to run a joint blog with random life updates, so feel free to head over to inglesidewriters.home.blog – come on, you know you want to listen to a bunch of girls ramble about their lives!! For you Anne of Green Gable lovers, yes we stole Ingleside from Anne.
- I FINALLY signed up for another course for my master’s degree. After the one last August, Daniel and I basically had PTSD, and it took us this long (and the holidays) to determine we were ready to give it another go. Okay, AND I switched jobs, so we were also waiting for my benefits to fully kick in so they would pay for it. Which is reasonable. While still keeping us fairly tied up, we are enjoying this one a lot more – it is on Strategic Intelligence, was which our major in college, so needless to say, it is far more interesting than the research one last time.
- I went to MY FIRST REAL WRITER’S CONFERENCE! And when I say my first real one, I mean I did go to the sort-of one a couple years ago, but this one was actually focused completely and absolutely on improving your writing and submitting to a publisher. Since my lunch break is about up, I’ll leave you with the quote that most impressed me from Chuck Sambuchino about writing every day: “You need to stop doing something you like, so that you can do something you love.”
Forest Idylls 