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Date Posted: 12:39:44 11/05/10 Fri
Author: Fi
Subject: As one of the worst offenders>>>
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Debi
's message, "I'm a bad person..." on 19:50:02 11/01/10 Mon
...Sorry to hear you're feeling discouraged by the lack of partipation. I could offer all sorts of excuses about real life and personal issues, but I'm probably just being lazy :(
I agree it's not fair to leave one person responsible for assigning homework, esp when they're getting no response. I have an idea for homework (similar to the character study but to do with setting). Maybe I could post it up and see who bites?
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Fellow junkie going through withdrawal here >>>> -- 
Page, 13:41:52 11/06/10 Sat
With the demise of my desktop PC and the hissy fits thrown by my laptop, I've been having to go days without the internet. It's left me feeling not only out of touch with the world, but ignorant, too. I've gotten so used to thinking, "I wonder how this-and-such works?" and then googling it and having my curiosity satisfied. And now I'm just wandering about still wondering.
Worse yet, it's really put a kibosh on my writing. I can't do much of anything without the screen flickering around like a firefly on PCP, or just fading out completely. Every now again I get it to stay on, but those time are few and far between. And I never know how long it'll last.
I completely sympathize with you about the lack of response. For a while there BCC (Before Computer Crap) I was getting a little overwhelmed with writing tips b/c I had gotten in the habit of reading a TON of agent blogs and critting blogs, etc. and feeling like I had to take and utilize every single tip I found. That kept me pulled in about 5,000 different directions at once, and it kept me sweating over Carey On, determined to apply everything I'd read to this poor manuscript. If there's one thing I've learned from having limited internet exposure it's that too much of anything is too bad, whether it be chocolate or writing tips. I hacked that poor book to shreds and came dangerously close to ruining it. Doing that not only discouraged me, it kept me from participating here because I was so consumed with editing. And editing again. And editing those edits, etc.
So. While I'll still read the agent blogs and critting blogs, I've decided I won't submit to them. Instead I'm going to rely on you all here at the Lit Forum, people I trust and who know the story of the book and characters and what I'm trying to accomplish with it. Back when the Lit Forum was my only crit resource I had fun writing my book. I'm now determined to get that back, and I can't think of a better place to do it. Y'all make writing a joy and give the best feedback I've ever gotten.
You'll be seeing a lot more of me here (damn the computer! Full speed ahead!) and that's a promise!
Hugs,
Page
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Come back from the dark side, Page -- debi, 19:34:01 11/06/10 Sat
We miss you. In about a month I'll be freed up for a couple of weeks anyway to maybe participate more. My next classes are Anthropology and a (hopefully) online music course, since UF feels that, despite the bazillion credits I bore into their institution, I still need more elcetives, social sciences and foreign langauge. My reintroduction to college life has been overwhelming but good and I hope to continue the trend, maybe minus some of the overwhelming part. Long story short, I hope to get more writing time in and share here with you. Rayne and Keresh have been speaking to me some so I might have somethign to share soon, barring total collapse on my behalf because of a paper and a final project for this class.
Aaagggghhhhh!!!
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I wonder who comes up with >>>>> -- Page, 22:17:01 11/06/10 Sat
...the credit hour distribution in American colleges? All those (pardon me for saying it) useless electives when you could be taking courses that actually apply to your major. DD2 is majoring in Secondary Education with a minor in Math, but only two or three courses per semester have anything to do with either of those studies. Instead she must fill it out with Fine Arts Drama, Photography, History of Rock and Roll (and where was this class when I was in college, I'd like to know?!), World Civilization and Astronomy! If it weren't for electives I'd wager a Bachelor's Degree could be achieved in two years instead of four.
Oh.
Just figured out why they make you take all that. Four years of school costs way more than two. Aha.
Btw, I'm mondo proud of you for going back to school. There are times I think I should go back (there's a four-year college just down the road from me; I can see it from my front yard!) but I'd want to major in history and what am I supposed to do with that besides teach? And I know I don't have the patience to teach! So when you get your degree I'll just enjoy it vicariously!
Hugs,
Page
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What the hell am I going to do with an English degree? -- Debi, 13:13:33 11/07/10 Sun
Yeah, the way they distribute the credit hours is seriously messed up. Your DD, did she go from a 2 year to a 4 year college? If so, the 2 year college neglects ti inform their transfer students that the requirements for the AA degree don't give you all the required courses you need outside your major to graduate with a BA from the four-year school. I warned my friend who is planning on doing the same thing I've done to make sure he covers all his prerequisite courses BEFORE he transfers.
I could teach with an English degree, but I don't think I'm cut out for the teaching gig. People annoy me waaayy too much.
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