Friday, January 25, 2013

Hello Again

Hi Everyone!

It's so good to be back!

My kids were off school Monday, so I actually forgot to post on Tuesday. Duh. But that's okay, because I've decided to switch my blogging day to Fridays to work better with my school schedule. And yes, I finally started school this week! I feel like I've been waiting forever to get started on this. I only have classes on Mondays and Wednesdays, so I've only been one day so far because of the holiday, but I think I'm really going to enjoy it! Except for all the homework - wow! I don't remember there being so much when I did this college thing twenty-some years ago. I've probably just blocked it out, though. :)

As far as my writing, The Legend of Payne Manor is out to critique partners for what I hope will be the final round of critiques before it's ready to query - yay! Now I'm fine tuning the query, which I thought was done, but of course when I went back to fine tune I changed most everything and now it's a big mess again. Oh well, hopefully each revision makes it stronger.

I can't wait to get out there and catch up with all your blogs today. So what have I missed? What's new with you? And how is your writing coming?

25 comments:

Alex J. Cavanaugh said...

Hey Susan! I can't imagine going back to college now. Good for you for doing it.
Your query sounds like my synopsis. Hopefully we'll both end up with something good.

DEZMOND said...

what are you studying at college?

Jennifer Shirk said...

Ooh, that's good. You've really making progress.

I haven't been able to do any writing. But I'm hoping Feb 1st to start something new.

Brian's Home Blog said...

You sure have make some nice progress and we wish you all the best on that next big step!

mshatch said...

I'd love to go back to school. Learning is fun! As for my writing I am about 30K into my latest wip.

The Happy Whisk said...

I want to go back to school as well. Good for you for doing it and I look forward to reading about your upcoming adventures.

Tony Van Helsing said...

Welcome back to school. did you take a packed lunch?

cleemckenzie said...

I went back to college for my MA after the kids were in school. I've never regretted it and my kids and I did our homework together, so there was lots of time as well as frustration we shared. Great memories.

Welcome back. You were missed.

SueBE said...

Wow! School and writing. Good luck with both. Although, with all of the work you put into it, I doubt that you need much luck!
--SueBE

Lynda R Young as Elle Cardy said...

Welcome back!! Revisions often go that way, but I'm sure you're definitely making it stronger :)

Unknown said...

Hello again to you too, Susan!

And who packed your school lunch? :) Good on you!

Stina said...

I'm impressed. College. Writing. And blogging. Oh, and let's not forget the three teenagers.

You are superwoman, Susan. :)

Robyn Campbell said...

Welcome back pal! Yay you. How cool. I am thrilled for you. You rock, you know that? :-)Good luck with those revisions. (((hugs)))

Velva said...

Welcome back! You are taking on new journey returning to school. Good for you!!!!

Velva

Velva said...

Welcome back! You are taking on new journey returning to school. Good for you!!!!

Velva

Marcia said...

Hope school is going great. And congrats on being so close to query-ready.

Nas said...

Hi Susan!

All the best! Looks like you're mighty busy!

Jackee said...

Fridays are good days! Well, those said critique partners are blown away, so I think you can rest assured you're probably on your last round of revisions before querying. You are amazing!

Honestly, I stayed up until 1 am last night finishing the ms. The last time I did that with a book was, oh... the fourth HP book. It was that gripping!

Anyway, if you need help with the query, let me know. Big hugs and congratulatory knuckle bumps.

Now get back to your homework.... :o)

Theresa Milstein said...

Congratulations on (hopefully) being at the final round of edits on The Legend of Payne Manor.

And good luck with school. It was a shock to go back into the routine when I enrolled in the fall of 2011. I did it. So can you!

What am I up to? I'm about to have my YA manuscript SS go to a 3rd reader. It's coming along.

Carolyn V said...

That is so exciting! Good luck on the school work (I just got my degree last year...it was totally worth it)!

And good luck with the query. Queries are so hard for me!

Anonymous said...

It's great to see you blogging again. Good luck with your project. :)

Cherie Reich said...

Congrats on going back to school! And good luck with all that homework! I remember homework. There always seemed to be too much of it. LOL!

DL Hammons said...

I am completely unchanged! Boring, I know. Welcome back!! :)

Deniz Bevan said...

Welcome back! Hope your crit partners love the book :-)

Carolina M. Valdez Schneider said...

What an amazing thing you're doing going back to school. And wow, nursing! Such a great career. Wishing you all the best, Susan. And so excited for you being so close to querying! Good luck!! :D :D :D