30 August 2005, 4:08 PM

Reading Journal, 08/30/05

So I'm taking this class on short stories. It's really interesting--I haven't ever studied the form as a form, just as part of the Big Class o' Stuff Known As Literature.

The teacher's asked us to keep a reading journal, and I thought I'd do it here, to educate the large number of people who .... are not reading this journal at all, really. But it's handy and I can write in it anywhere with the Net, so.

Onward and upward! Chekhov, Oates, Cather, Gilchrist.

Thus wrote Melanie in the categories: Reading , Short Story Journal
Full pamphlet here .

17 August 2005, 2:08 PM

Workshopping

It's funny how nervous I get about my writing. When I woke up this morning, I thought, "Oooh! I should go check if the story I posted last night on OWW got any reviews!"

Two hours after coming downstairs, I finally check my email. I'm still trying to get up the courage to look at the actual review.

Well, I get this nervous about everything, I guess. I need to know but I'm just so worried that it'll be bad...

Thus wrote Melanie in the categories: Writing
Full pamphlet here , with notations here (0) .