My beautiful second niece was born on Monday! Celeste Rose :-)
Karla
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Twiddling My Thumbs
Well, I've finished the first draft of my novel!
It's been sent off to my mentor and my second reader, as it's my creative thesis for my MFA program (Stonecoast MFA through the University of Southern Maine) and needs to be signed off on by two faculty members to be accepted for graduation. Which I think is a great setup, but now I have nothing to work on while I wait for comments.
It's funny. I've been working on this novel for so long and there have definitely been times that I wanted to abandon ship for a day or two and start something completely different. In fact, that's how this novel began - I was working on a different project, got fed up with myself, and started this piece. But now that I am forced to work on something different, all I want to do is return to my character and the world that I've spent so long with.
At first, all this sounds like laziness or writer's block or whatever term you want to give it, but I don't think that's the case. I think that this means I'm not done working with this piece. Well, obviously I'm not done - it's just the first complete draft. But I'm raring at the bit to get back to it!
That being said, I definitely have ideas for something new. Don't be surprised if you see me reading more chick lit than normal in the near future...
Karla
It's been sent off to my mentor and my second reader, as it's my creative thesis for my MFA program (Stonecoast MFA through the University of Southern Maine) and needs to be signed off on by two faculty members to be accepted for graduation. Which I think is a great setup, but now I have nothing to work on while I wait for comments.
It's funny. I've been working on this novel for so long and there have definitely been times that I wanted to abandon ship for a day or two and start something completely different. In fact, that's how this novel began - I was working on a different project, got fed up with myself, and started this piece. But now that I am forced to work on something different, all I want to do is return to my character and the world that I've spent so long with.
At first, all this sounds like laziness or writer's block or whatever term you want to give it, but I don't think that's the case. I think that this means I'm not done working with this piece. Well, obviously I'm not done - it's just the first complete draft. But I'm raring at the bit to get back to it!
That being said, I definitely have ideas for something new. Don't be surprised if you see me reading more chick lit than normal in the near future...
Karla
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
When Sports Fans Become Tasteless, Classless Idiots
You got it - I'm talking about this guy:
(Photo linked from the USA Today story)
Really, dude?
I get it. You like your hockey team. I like my baseball team, as well. But "Boston Strong" has nothing to do with the Bruins. Or the Red Sox, or the Patriots, or the Celtics. It has to do with the fact that three people died in a horrific bomb attack on April 15th at the Boston Marathon.
Now, I am all for sports rivalries. I have to be - I'm a Red Sox fan. But when September 11th happened, the Red Sox honored the Yankees when baseball finally resumed (tried to find a link, but the Sox news archive doesn't go back that far). And when the marathon bombings happened, this is what they did in New York:
(Photo from the Atlantic's website)
That is how you stay classy.
Rivalries are great - they can make the game more fun. BU vs. BC, the Red Sox vs. the Yankees, the Patriots vs. the Colts/Jets/the rest of the NFL, the Giants vs. the Dodgers, hell the Army vs. the Navy.
But the slogan that was born out of healing from a vicious attack against innocent people being used to cheer on your sports team? That's just trashy and cruel.
There are some things that transcend a sports game. Bombings are one of them. That's what "Boston Strong" is about.
Karla
(Photo linked from the USA Today story)
Really, dude?
I get it. You like your hockey team. I like my baseball team, as well. But "Boston Strong" has nothing to do with the Bruins. Or the Red Sox, or the Patriots, or the Celtics. It has to do with the fact that three people died in a horrific bomb attack on April 15th at the Boston Marathon.
Now, I am all for sports rivalries. I have to be - I'm a Red Sox fan. But when September 11th happened, the Red Sox honored the Yankees when baseball finally resumed (tried to find a link, but the Sox news archive doesn't go back that far). And when the marathon bombings happened, this is what they did in New York:
(Photo from the Atlantic's website)
That is how you stay classy.
Rivalries are great - they can make the game more fun. BU vs. BC, the Red Sox vs. the Yankees, the Patriots vs. the Colts/Jets/the rest of the NFL, the Giants vs. the Dodgers, hell the Army vs. the Navy.
But the slogan that was born out of healing from a vicious attack against innocent people being used to cheer on your sports team? That's just trashy and cruel.
There are some things that transcend a sports game. Bombings are one of them. That's what "Boston Strong" is about.
Karla
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