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I finally revised Moonfall to fix the ending. At least, I think the new ending is better. And this morning on my way to class I stopped to mail it to Writers of the Future. I've decided that I've put off trying to get published long enough out of fear that I would get published and no longer qualify for WotF. A) How likely is it that I will get published anytime soon, especially considering the amount of writing I've been doing lately? And B) Even if I do, I'm still qualified for the contest until I've gotten four short stories published, and hey, that would take a helluva while. So if I don't win this go round (which, I mean, I'm hoping, but it's that crossed-fingers, doubtful hoping), I'll probably still qualify for several quarters. I need some motivation to write, after all. I'm more likely to write a new potential entry for WotF if I'm seeking to be published in short story magazines than if I'm just twiddling my thumbs waiting for the current contest results.
Anyway, Danny's semi-supportive, though you can tell it's of no real interest to him. He did promise he'd read a short story of mine if it won the contest and was actually published, and I'll damn well hold him to it. Luckily for him, there's no telling how long that'll take. I really like Moonfall as a story, but I can definitely see it not cutting it. The main event in the story is a catastrophe that there's no real way to see coming. I wrote it just to chronicle Moonfall as it occurred in one place, after all -- how it affected two characters. I'm just not sure it'll cut it. I'm really hoping it'll at least make finalist status and get marked up by the judges, though, with tips and suggestions.
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the_dead_muse would post a new challenge. Just my luck, I join and kill the community. They were on a roll until I joined, but now results for the old contest are delayed and there's no new contest up. Waaaa. =( I really want to make my own challenge community, but they just never work out. I can never attract enough members to maintain my own interest. Synergetic was going so well, after all, but I couldn't get my members to be active, and that completely killed interest for me.
Maybe I should try again, I guess. I'll brainstorm ideas in my notebook next class while I'm not really paying attention to the Gandhi lecture. (But I'll try to pay more attention than last week; I got zero then, and that wasn't good.)
I have a test on Thursday. I have to mad-study tomorrow. In my current state, I'm nowhere near ready to take it. It's in GEOG201 and I really need to go over the book, especially the diagrams. I'm glad there's a review sheet for that class or I probably wouldn't know where to start.
I've been doing extra credit for psych. I've done three online surveys (including the one that's required before you participate in any other studies), which gave me 2.5 credits, plus Monday after discussion I went to a study on anagrams that brought me up to 3.5. That means I can make an 86.5 and still have an A in this class. I love extra credit. I'm going to look into taking more, especially for Mondays directly after discussion -- that was a good time to do it. It was fun, too. They just gave me a list of 27 anagrams and I tried to figured them all out. It took me twenty minutes, but I got them all... funny, they were related (finish, triumph, succeed, clinch, excel, etc), but the relationship didn't make it any easier to unscramble the words once I recognized it. Anyway, considering it was scheduled for an hour, twenty minutes wasn't bad. I can get up to 8 percent extra credit, and I doubt I'll make it that far, but even a little will help. (I really need an A!)
I have to read The Woman in the Dunes and The Ruined Map for my Japanese Creative Arts honors seminar. It's for a project, not that I have any idea what sort of 'project' she's expecting. I also still have to go to two Japanese exhibits or events of some kind for my final paper in that class. I really hope she gives me a B. I don't expect an A, but a C would freaking kill me. I guess it would be okay if I made three other As (including my lab) but... I just don't want that risk. Currently I'm making an A in lab (the one-credit actual lab portion, I dunno about lecture) and an A- in my religion, science, and freedom honors seminar. I'm not sure about my other classes. I feel I could make an A in my IE honors seminar, but I have no real way of knowing yet. I made a B(+?) on my first paper, but we haven't gotten midterm grades back yet and I feel like I did really well on that. In Psych I'm probably making a mid to high B. In Geography lecture, no clue, but I'd better get an A on this upcoming midterm.
I have a paper due April 15th in the religion, science, and freedom seminar (6 - 10 pages on contraception and how it has related historically to religion, science, and freedom). Project due between May 1st and 13th in the Japanese one, and paper due May 16th... I have to write a paper either on this unit or the next in the IE seminar. No papers in either lecture, though, thank freaking god. Just three midterms and a final (each).
Oh, and the school is giving me a residency audit to determine whether I'll get in-state tuition next semester. My mom moved to Florida (but hey, my dad's in Korea)... so they're gonna try to charge me out-of-state. But Maryland is my home. I have to prove that I stay here during holidays and breaks and that I have the intention of staying here after college if I want to keep in-state tuition. I'm going to get my Maryland driver's license within the week, that should help. The problem is that I stay with Danny during breaks and holidays, but I have no proof of renting or leasing -- even he doesn't have proof, there's no lease and he pays Dennis' mom in cash. So fuck.
I'm getting hungry =( Well I guess that's it. I open tomorrow though, and it freaking sucks. I was going to say maybe it's not that bad, except I'm opening with George. Someone shoot me.
ETA: Speak of the devil: as soon as I complain,the_dead_muse updates.
Anyway, Danny's semi-supportive, though you can tell it's of no real interest to him. He did promise he'd read a short story of mine if it won the contest and was actually published, and I'll damn well hold him to it. Luckily for him, there's no telling how long that'll take. I really like Moonfall as a story, but I can definitely see it not cutting it. The main event in the story is a catastrophe that there's no real way to see coming. I wrote it just to chronicle Moonfall as it occurred in one place, after all -- how it affected two characters. I'm just not sure it'll cut it. I'm really hoping it'll at least make finalist status and get marked up by the judges, though, with tips and suggestions.
I wish
the_dead_muse would post a new challenge. Just my luck, I join and kill the community. They were on a roll until I joined, but now results for the old contest are delayed and there's no new contest up. Waaaa. =( I really want to make my own challenge community, but they just never work out. I can never attract enough members to maintain my own interest. Synergetic was going so well, after all, but I couldn't get my members to be active, and that completely killed interest for me.Maybe I should try again, I guess. I'll brainstorm ideas in my notebook next class while I'm not really paying attention to the Gandhi lecture. (But I'll try to pay more attention than last week; I got zero then, and that wasn't good.)
I have a test on Thursday. I have to mad-study tomorrow. In my current state, I'm nowhere near ready to take it. It's in GEOG201 and I really need to go over the book, especially the diagrams. I'm glad there's a review sheet for that class or I probably wouldn't know where to start.
I've been doing extra credit for psych. I've done three online surveys (including the one that's required before you participate in any other studies), which gave me 2.5 credits, plus Monday after discussion I went to a study on anagrams that brought me up to 3.5. That means I can make an 86.5 and still have an A in this class. I love extra credit. I'm going to look into taking more, especially for Mondays directly after discussion -- that was a good time to do it. It was fun, too. They just gave me a list of 27 anagrams and I tried to figured them all out. It took me twenty minutes, but I got them all... funny, they were related (finish, triumph, succeed, clinch, excel, etc), but the relationship didn't make it any easier to unscramble the words once I recognized it. Anyway, considering it was scheduled for an hour, twenty minutes wasn't bad. I can get up to 8 percent extra credit, and I doubt I'll make it that far, but even a little will help. (I really need an A!)
I have to read The Woman in the Dunes and The Ruined Map for my Japanese Creative Arts honors seminar. It's for a project, not that I have any idea what sort of 'project' she's expecting. I also still have to go to two Japanese exhibits or events of some kind for my final paper in that class. I really hope she gives me a B. I don't expect an A, but a C would freaking kill me. I guess it would be okay if I made three other As (including my lab) but... I just don't want that risk. Currently I'm making an A in lab (the one-credit actual lab portion, I dunno about lecture) and an A- in my religion, science, and freedom honors seminar. I'm not sure about my other classes. I feel I could make an A in my IE honors seminar, but I have no real way of knowing yet. I made a B(+?) on my first paper, but we haven't gotten midterm grades back yet and I feel like I did really well on that. In Psych I'm probably making a mid to high B. In Geography lecture, no clue, but I'd better get an A on this upcoming midterm.
I have a paper due April 15th in the religion, science, and freedom seminar (6 - 10 pages on contraception and how it has related historically to religion, science, and freedom). Project due between May 1st and 13th in the Japanese one, and paper due May 16th... I have to write a paper either on this unit or the next in the IE seminar. No papers in either lecture, though, thank freaking god. Just three midterms and a final (each).
Oh, and the school is giving me a residency audit to determine whether I'll get in-state tuition next semester. My mom moved to Florida (but hey, my dad's in Korea)... so they're gonna try to charge me out-of-state. But Maryland is my home. I have to prove that I stay here during holidays and breaks and that I have the intention of staying here after college if I want to keep in-state tuition. I'm going to get my Maryland driver's license within the week, that should help. The problem is that I stay with Danny during breaks and holidays, but I have no proof of renting or leasing -- even he doesn't have proof, there's no lease and he pays Dennis' mom in cash. So fuck.
I'm getting hungry =( Well I guess that's it. I open tomorrow though, and it freaking sucks. I was going to say maybe it's not that bad, except I'm opening with George. Someone shoot me.
ETA: Speak of the devil: as soon as I complain,
the_dead_muse updates.