updates: life, the universe, everything

[aamcnamara]

Life:

Snow.

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The Universe:

No school for two weeks.

Papers I have to write over winter break:

* ~4000 word essay on the motif of angels in Ursula K. Le Guin's PARADISES LOST and Elizabeth Bear's DUST (final draft; I have a rough draft and a promise of comments)
* 1200-1600 word essay on the usefulness of simplifying things in one's life (final draft; I have a rough draft)
* 1200-1600 word essay on the representation of Iago (OTHELLO) and Raskolnikov's (CRIME AND PUNISHMENT) characters through their monologues (rough draft)

Also, my college applications.

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Everything:

Rejections on "Sun and Spirits" have been piling up lately. Strange Horizons, Fantasy Magazine, and Beneath Ceaseless Skies have all passed on it within the space of a couple of weeks. I'm not sure where it's going out next, but it's going somewhere.

My Writers of the Future entry for this past quarter received no recognition--but then, I knew that it probably would be.

I managed to get "The Mermaids, Singing" together in time to submit it to Interfictions 2.

I need to start another story. Rewriting stories from Odyssey is fine and dandy, but I also should be writing new pieces. Winter break should help with the having-time thing.

Comments

[kristajhl.livejournal.com]

Enjoy your two weeks of no school! And good luck with the writing, both papers, and stories!

[aamcnamara.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'll try to relax enough to enjoy it.

[jasminehammer.livejournal.com]

Hey, WotF finalists are not in, right? Or do they just pick finalists from the list of Honorable mentions?

[aamcnamara.livejournal.com]

Finalists aren't in, but they sent me a message saying I didn't get anything. Next time, maybe.

[hildebabble.livejournal.com]

Cool, you've got most of the rough drafts done, and that's the hard part (imo). Enjoy the winter break!