Write-In Times, And A Paean To St. Ursula

I don't know why I should be surprised by how much I like the project now.

One of my 8th grade students is making his slow way through Ursula LeGuin's Earthsea books, so I had the pleasure of rereading The Tombs of Atuan for approximately the gajillionth time. There are so many scenes in which Tenar lacks the emotional vocabulary to name to herself what she's thinking. I love the way LeGuin shows Tenar alternately wracked by conscience, driven by curiosity, terrified for another's safety, and abjectly in love, without ever coming close to labeling those states.

So I've finally figured out how to write the way Stisele experiences fear. She has the word, but until she's in her twenties, she thinks of it as a word for something that happens to other people.

12,383 / 50,000 (24.8%)

I'm hoping I can cross the 20K barrier by the end of Sunday night. Magic 8 Ball says...Ruin is certain. Hmm. Maybe I should stop using the Lemony Snicket Magic 8 Ball.

Here are some times when I am pretty sure I will be at the East Brunswick Starbucks at Route 18 and Tices Lane, plugging away at my manuscript:

Sunday, 12 November, 10pm until I drop
Monday, 13 November, 9:30 until I drop
Thursday, 16 November, 9:30 until I drop
Friday, 17 November, 9:00 until I drop

Company would be very welcome.