As I posted earlier, I participated in November's National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWrite2014). Here's an update: I finished November with 47,000ish words, about 3,000 shy from my 50,000 goal. I stayed up fairly well until Thanksgiving break and then my priorities shifted to turkey, stuffing and my mother's glorious banana cream pudding.
However, I am now at 53,000 words with my final chapters still in the works; that will have to wait until Christmas break. Then, I will begin the long editing process. I am excited about this book. It is different from anything I've previously written and has a good message.
Until next year NaNoWrite, next time I will own you.
Monday, December 15, 2014
The yearbook adviser's Twelve Days of Christmas
This is the busiest time of year for a yearbook adviser. For us, we will turn in 148 pages to our publisher before we leave for Christmas break (thus, the reason there are no presents under the tree I just got around to putting up this past weekend).
I thought yearbook advisers around the country needed a Twelve Days of Christmas, so here it is...
I'm positive my fellow advisers can relate:
On the twelfth day of Christmas
The yearbook gave to me
TWELVE grainy photos,
ELEVEN proofs to edit,
TEN spelling errors,
NINE missing headshots,
EIGHT students whining,
SEVEN days ‘til deadline,
SIX computers down,
FIVE kids with Flu,
FOUR safety drills,
THREE lost links,
TWO botched events,
And a massive stack of pages due!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)