In the last couple days I have found myself amused by some things. Most of them have to do with the Barnes and Noble classes I am taking -- the science fiction one and the mystery one. I think I'm going to enjoy both.
But what has amused me is reading things that I've been telling people to do (writing-wise) for a long time. They are things that I've learned down through the years, and try to pass on to others. Sometimes I've gotten flak over a couple of them... but now I see many of them in You can Write a Mystery by Gillian Roberts -- particularly in the Fifteen Commandments section -- and a couple points in the first pieces of material presented in the science fiction class.
It amused me. I am, obviously, very easily amused.
I've been working all day at trying to get caught up with various bits of work so that I can sit down with the class stuff. Unfortunately, now that I'm about caught up, I'm also tired. I may have to rethink this plan.
We are ten days into the year. I would like to say that I'm not behind... but I'd be lying about it. Still, I think things are going pretty well. I just have to get a little better organized.
And come up with ideas for the two classes....
At least you can get into the classes. I was getting an error, fiddled with my firewall, and now I get a completely blank popup. As far as I can tell, Zonealarm should be letting it through.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure I care about this class enough for the hassle.
I hope that you get it worked out!
ReplyDeleteI am just getting to the mystery stuff tonight. I had a huge amount of work drop on me. I also decided not to try and do both classes at the same time, and give them both my full attention.
It looks like fun.
But then we both know that I have strange ideas of fun.
I found a temporary work around. My books came today, so I can at least read those assignments. I printed the lectures from the first two lessons last night, so I'll get caught up.
ReplyDeleteSo far, so good.
I can't remember -- are you doing the sf or the mystery class? The mystery one is very intensive. A lot of work (at least for someone who has so little free time already!) but I am enjoying it a lot. I would enjoy the sf one more if I could get hold of the books. One is on order (the nonfiction) and the other (the anthology) I keep hoping to get from the library, but I've not had any luck so far. I lucked out with the first lesson because I found the story on fictionwise. This next one, though, has a reading from the sf writing book, and I'm out of luck there for the moment!
ReplyDeleteI do have both the mystery nonfiction books, though.
I'm doing the mystery class. Got the books. Yes, a lot of what I'm reading is so very familiar. I consider that a good thing. And, yes, it is a lot of work. I'm nearly done with the first week's reading and must not only get started on the second week's reading (I answered the questions based upon what I thought I already knew), but I must do the assignments as well.
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