Thursday, June 15, 2006

i’ve got rhythm--no, wait…

Back again! I spent last week at Wheaton College, for the Write-to-Publish conference. Mom and I came back on Sunday, exhausted but inspired. I feel like I learned so much, and now I want to read absolutely anything that’s good (so let me know if you have must-read suggestions). I also want to apply all the good advice I heard, and kick my writing into high-gear. So the summer begins!

Our table at the conference banquet: there’s Mom and me on the right!

I also have a job now, part-time as I had planned. I’ll be working about fourteen hours a week at a nearby bookstore, which will help cover gas money while keeping me in contact with books and people. (Even though I’m a classic introvert, I’m starting to miss having so many people nearby! Living in a neighborhood sure isn’t the same thing as living in KE. I’d love to see my neighbor’s faces if I stopped by just to chat or to see how they arranged their living room...)

I’m still trying to get into a rhythm or a routine, though. It’s tricky, when you don’t have a syllabus that you have to follow, or professors who are waiting to see what you’ve done. It’s been crazy here, so I guess it’s understandable. Tooth surgery, then the conference, and now I’m setting up a job, and we have out-of-town company… all lots of fun (minus the surgery), but I’m more prone to rest up or chat than get to my computer to sit down and work. And what is it with summer? I feel like I’m drowning in time--culture shock from school, when I could swipe an hour and a half and get more done than I can here in a whole afternoon. Sigh. But I don’t want to simply play at writing, I want to write and to be a writer.

Besides, I’d hate for my doubting, more cynical self to get a chance to say “I told you so” to the rest of me! Nope, I’d better get back to it. --jl

Posted by Jenn Langefeld on 06/15 at 04:35 PM
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