I start my teaching job on Monday.

I feel like I should be nervous, but either I'm still in a food hangover from yesterday or I've actually prepared (nearly) enough to not feel nervous. It's a peculiar feeling as I'm nearly always nervous about new things (sometimes devastatingly so) and this time, other than a slight nervous butterfly and a slight headache (food hangover I'm sure), I'm not very nervy. Oh this will likely change Monday morning when I'm actually going and again when I'm facing 10 pairs of eyes, but at the moment, I'm kind of excited about it. Nervous, but excited.

I finally broke through the wall of editing for Glass Slipper. Man that was awful. Now to put all the pieces together again so that it becomes a coherent story! I was doing well, but this week I was prepping to teach and one of the lessons took me three days to figure out and left me drained and exhausted. Glah. Hopefully I can teach it in the one day it's allotted without falling over! Thursday-as usual-will be an awful day, lol.

It's also a slight peculiarity that I've been fielding questions about Kellan Publishing and trying to set up interviews on the radio for myself and one or two other local authors. So strange, but I guess I've been doing marketing writing for the better part of six years now, so shouldn't I be used to it?



I guess not so much. But it's kind of empowering at the same time.

So I guess the moral for this week is to take control, be prepared and take a chance. Kind of my motto for the year!

What's on the Shelf:

First Lord's Fury by Jim Butcher
2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson

Editing:

Slowed down again. Hopefully I can find a routine soon.