Fall has sprung and school has begung
Wait, that's supposed to be spring, but it just doesn't work here as well as fall. I just like to pretend I'm a poet occasionally.
But, indeed, although the calendar does not reflect that it's fall just yet, school has started and I am enjoying the first week of quiet during the day. When the kids get home, it's another story. Chaos reigns and panic ensues as we contemplate the remaining number of emergency forms to complete and supplies to purchase.
Yet, for the moment, I'm ensconced in my favorite coffee shop for the first time since school ended in June. Can you believe that two entire buildings appeared while I was gone? Well, maybe the foundations and frames were there, but they are now mostly finished, and the skyline of this tiny corner of suburbia is forever altered. By this time next year, I'm sure it will be new again.
I did finish Kristy Kiernan's Catching Genius and highly recommend it--all the way to the end. There were a few moments where the scenes regarding the main character's separation and pending divorce felt so real and painful (and slightly familiar), I felt a bit sick to my stomach. Some might consider that a bad thing ("Julie, why do you LOVE depressing books so much?!" Ha, just wait 'til they see what I'm writing!!), but I love a book that draws me in and allows me to experience the emotions along with the character. It's always nice when the story ends with great hope, though, and this one does.
Working on a self-imposed deadline on my manuscript so I can send it off to my expert, so I better get to work! How's back-to-school working for you? Seems like everyone feels the excitement, even when they don't have kids at home to remind them. It's just a frame of mind, I guess.
Labels: Author crush, Those who have gone before, Yo ho yo ho a writer's life for me
posted by Julie Kibler @ 1:14 PM
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I like depressing books too. He he.
Don't know what back-to-school means. :-(
Back-to-school time is just how everyone here in the U.S. describes this time of year because most of the kids are returning to school around the end of August, beginning of September.
Often even if they haven't got any ties to anyone going to back to school, people still get in a certain mood because of the newness and expectancy in the air.
I did phrase that kind of weird in my blog, though, so maybe it's just me confusing everyone. :)
Bungi's from India, so we occasionally learn a new phrases from each other or things that have different meanings in India or the U.S.! Lots of fun.
Does school typically start up again at this time there, Bungi?
Hey, Julie, thanks so much for writing about Catching Genius. Thrilled that you enjoyed it so much.
No back to school for me, but you certainly have my condolences...or congratulations, depending, I suppose!
I live near an elementary school so it definitely affects the rhythm of the 'hood when the kids are back in school.
As in, you can't back out of your driveway between 7:30 and 8:30 and 3:00 and 4:00? Heh.
I always feel sorry for the poor souls who live across the street from the schools. Then again, when I'm in the carpool line, I wish I were them for a few short minutes...
By the way, the newness has worn off here. I'm already losing my everlovin' mind. I wanted school to start again WHY?!? More time to work on my book? What was I thinking? ;)
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