Thursday, September 23, 2010

hooray! finished that part...

Okay, done with revisions based on Jacki's critique. Now to a whole reread, this time with deeper understanding of what is going on among the characters and settings. What a world, this writer's chair in the imagination.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Back at it (again)


Last night found the teensy red post-it note on which I'd written my intention to have House of Cuts out to agents by 4/11/11. I had written that in the morning the day before Easter Sunday of '09. That afternoon my darling Jerry passed away--so truly weird!!!!!!!

But now that I found the post-it again, it got me going in my revision/polishing routine for the first time since my move to Auburn! Hooray and only about 30 pages until the end (of the 300 pages)--that will complete the revision sweep brought on by sister Jacki's critique.

Then the fun of doing a "whole novel read" at one sitting again, this time really firming up the chapters and then sorting the novel into separate documents, chapter by chapter, to hone each chapter.

Working with advanced students on creating suspense moods, and that is quite useful for House of Cuts scenes, too!

We are all teaching what we most need to learn, as friend Vicki Marie said so long ago.

Friday, September 10, 2010

swamped by books, files

Yikes! Book boxes unpacking happened with help from dtr Julie and g'dtr Laurel: still too many books and not enough bookshelves!

Got the two new lateral files hauled upstairs (thanks to Kurtis and Anthony) and after a trip back to Staples for instructions, got the file "ribs" set up to take letter-sized hanging file folders.

Got file labels printed out in categories, ready to cut and slip into clear plastic label holders. So far:


FINANCIALS
CATEGORY SOCIAL SECURITY
SALES RECEIPTS DELTA STUBBS, SKEDS
BANK ACCOUNTS
2010 TAXES STATE FARM INS.
Other INSURANCE INVESTMENTS
RETIREMENT ESCROWS
ARCHIVE TAXES
For 7 years other financials
Record Keeping guidelines

LEGALS
CATEGORY TRUST
WHEN I DIE MY LIFE INSURANCE
Marriage, divorce records other legals


JER’S STUFF
CATEGORY JER’S SCHOLARSHIP
JER’S MILITARIA JER’S MEMORIALS
JER’S ARTWORKS


HOUSE
CATEGORY INTERIOR DESIGN
MAINT. COMPLETED


CAR
CATEGORY


HEALTH
CATEGORY GYM, trainer
MEDICAL DENTAL

ARTICLES: TOPICS OF INTEREST Religion

TRAVEL
CATEGORY PASSPORT
MAPS TRAVEL MEMENTOS
PLANS FOR TRAVEL


HOLIDAYS
CATEGORY XMAS LETTERS
XMAS GIFTS


Near computer: CONTACTS
FLYERS, ETC.

TECHNOLOGY
CATEGORY PASSWORDS
SERIAL NUMBERS
Other technology i-Pad stuff

CURRENT BILLS & current TO DO PENDING BILLS,
In-box
PAID BILLS ONLINE

DELTA CLASSES ENG 43C
ENG 44A ENG 44B
ENG 47 BIBLE ENG 70



GILLAM WRITING ENTERPRISES INDIE PUBS
FINAL DRAFT ENG 44B MY NEW TEXT


CONFERENCES
WORKSHOPS

WRITING GROUPS
Trish/Jerilyn Group

MY WRITINGS
CATEGORY LAP publisher
MY DISS BOOK
POETRY SHORT STORIES
MEMOIR

HOUSE OF CUTS Native Americans
Islam Maps
Versions other HofCuts
stuff

MEMORIES
CATEGORY OLD CALENDARS
CARDS FROM PEOPLE I LOVE things kids made
JULIE KAREN
MIKE LAUREL
TREVOR NATALIE
DANIEL CHLOE
EMILY

Thursday, September 2, 2010

new writing room organized


Today the two big lateral file cabinets I've ordered should arrive and I can start filing ALL my stuff!!!!! Poems, short stories, novel starts, memoirs, business stuff, etc.

Seems like an impossibility, really, but going to go for it so can stop wasting time chasing down papers scattered in boxes, drawers, cheap old vertical files of various sizes, etc.