The Fast Track

I had a friend ask when I might be able to work in a happy hour and my honest-to-God first thought was February 20. The day after the next semester ends. I called my academic advisor to see if there's anything I can do to speed up the time to Dr. Jamie and the solution was to double-up classes for the next semester. Might be smart, might not, but that means a year from now I'll be ABD instead of two years from now. That can't be a bad thing, right?

I had another friend tell me I needed to hurry up and write the follow-up to Lost Edens so I can promote a happy book along with the sad one. She had a super good point but I have no idea when I'm going to crank out a sequel anyone would want to read. A bunch of us formed a writing group--first meeting November 3. Maybe that will motivate me to write?

One thing I've learned, though, next time I try publishing a book I'll try not to be a full-time student, have a full-time job, and a part-time job. If I can just hurry up and finish school...