There’s not a whole lot to report on this week, mostly because I’m trying to take it easy on the hand* until my physical therapy appointment Wednesday, when I can get some exercises to help it heal properly.  Here’s hoping I will get back up to speed soon.

In the meantime, I have the summer assignments for two of my classes.  For the fantasy class, I have to read a few novels (rough life, huh?).  Well, I’m not sure if I have to read them over the summer break or during the residency, but it doesn’t hurt to read ahead anyway.

For my nonfiction workshop, I have to gather three things: two works of my own, one of five thousand words and one of a thousand words, and a sample from a writer whose work I like.  That last one might be the hardest for me, since I will have to look again at my nonfiction books, this time as a writer instead of simply an interested reader.  It might get even trickier, because I am most interested in essay writing, but I don’t know if I have very much in my library to draw on for samples.  Not to say that I know what I’m doing for the first two parts of the assignment yet, but at least I have a few ideas swirling about under consideration.

On the submission front, I haven’t sent anything out in the last week or two, but I hope to send out at least one more before summer vacation is over.  I also have to follow up on one I sent out in March; I haven’t gotten a response from them of any kind, and I want to at least make sure it was received.

Oh, and the next residency begins in a month and a day, not that I’m looking forward to it or anything.

*For those who missed it, I have a touch of tendinitis in my left hand.

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