Hammering Out the Words

 

A.K.A. It’s That Time of Year Again…


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Wow.

October whooshed by with as much gusto as the SIDEWAYS rain we’ve been having on the homefront.

Finally in the groove with this whole full-time student gig, so what do I do? I joined the annual festival of masochists as we all write 50,000 words. Natch.

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The Feeling of Frosh

A.K.A. What is Old is New Again

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¡Hola! Comment allez-vous? I’ve had a wonderfully multilingual first week back at school. A shortened week still felt packed with my coursework. I’m already planning ahead with my assignment due dates that I know will overlap in coming weeks.

I love seeing the energy all the freshman have as they scramble to classes, a handful of them looked lost enough that I had to go up to them to point them in the right direction.

It leads me to wonder (tell me if you get the phrase, Improv-a-ganza fans!) how lost people are beyond the geographical. GPS issues aside, I take a brief look back on this week and look forward to the semester ahead of me–in shock that we’re nearing the last quarter of 2014.

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Rubbing Elbows

A Little Inspiration Goes a Long Way

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So, I went to an author book signing today. Did it matter that I was the only non-child not accompanying a child that was interested in the subject matter? Nope!

It’s nice to think that maybe that’d be me someday on the stage or on the other side of the table signing books for many an eager underaged reader.

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School’s IN for the Summer!

When It’s Good to Geek Out

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On what turned out to be a glorious Cinco de Mayo, I began my Summer Session. There was some trepidation, only because I thought I’d fallen out of school mode these last few weeks. Turns out, once a keener always a keener.

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Mayday, Mayday, Mayday…

This is a Goals Post

I repeat, this is a goals post.

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Erm, not quite the same thing, but I digress.

New month. Goals not quite met? Shake it off and keep going. Goals accomplished? Huzzah! Let’s have a lookiloo at what’s happened and what’s yet to be done, shall we?

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