Updates

I had my first Science Fiction class at the Alexandra Centre on Tuesday, and it was great. I have six students, and they are very enthusiastic. Already, people have signed up to have critiques done next week, and sent out their manuscripts. I read the first two, and both are really good. Always room for growth, of course, which is the point of the course.

Trillionist has gone to the publisher and now I am trying to dig myself out of set-aside emails and put-off jobs–like applying for grants (all the applications seem to be due next week). Also, I have almost finished the edits for the three new stories to be included in my collection, due out from Five Rivers Chapmanry this fall. It would all be so much easier if I weren’t battling an energy-flattening cold!!

So, all the grant applications seem to have deadlines of January 31. What does that mean? It means, stop writing for a bit and apply! I guess getting a grant is a long shot, but hey, you definitely don’t get one if you don’t apply. It’s a kind of writing, right?