The skies are opening up in Saint Paul, MN, but I can’t really complain. Well, actually that’s a lie. I can complain, and I do, but I shouldn’t. And why not? Because it’s not snowing. We’re coming into an early spring and everyone is all too ready for it. There’s no question why; seeing the new growth budding up is enough to erase anyone’s seasonal depression.
Unfortunate though it may be, this also means that finals are right around the corner. I realized today that I have about fifty pages in new writing to turn in before the end of the year, and another fifty pages in edits for my creative writing portfolio. Considering I have just sixteen days to do all that in, panic should be brewing. But it’s not because I’ve managed to convince myself that it’ll be done, and done decently well, no matter what. Not the best or most productive perspective to adopt, but at least I’m staying positive.
Following finals, it’ll be time for a brief leadership retreat and then New York will rise out of a muggy mid-May afternoon. I can’t say how much I’ll update until then, as I won’t have any writing news to report before the semester’s end. Much luck to everyone with finals, either way. I’ll be sending out good vibes.
Good news for fiction writers: 
