Updates from the Virgin State (again)

I'm back in Virginia. Back at school.

Remember how my goal was to finish my draft of Violet Eyes within the first couple of weeks of the semester? Apparently that was a little too optimistic. With stress of moving back to school and starting classes and having a social life again (NO EXCUSES), I've barely managed to write. The goal is supposed to be more than 500 words a day. I did pretty well over the summer. But in the past month, I've only written on three or four days, and I think I've done less than 1,000 words. Yikes!

I must get back into a regular schedule. I must make time every day. I'm also in a difficult spot of the plot, so I look for reasons to avoid working on it. I'm not happy when I'm not writing, though. I'm also still searching for the ideal location and time for writing in Lexington, VA. I think some regularity will help me out. I had more options in Blacksburg and Baton Rouge, but I think the campus and small town should help me out. Writing in the campus library works sometimes, and there's a neat little playground with picnic tables across the street from my apartment. And I need to pay a visit to the coffee shops that I haven't been to in a while.

I am doing some writing and creative things, of course. I'm in a poetry writing course, and I'm interning at the Shenandoah literary magazine. Just have to get back to work on my goals!

If you know me in person, feel free to yell at me for not writing when you see me.