Good luck and you should be writing.

I should be. Though I guess technically I am since I am filling in a comment on a blog page.

Hang in there.

Per the writing on again, off again - so long as you don’t have weeks where you don’t write at all, it’s a sufferable condition. I juggle a lot of different activities, so I can’t always have the full out writing sessions that I’d like to have. But, I’ve found that, even if manage to write a single page’s worth of material in a day, I’m the better for it. Yeah, a page might be small on the word count radar, but sometimes (most times?) it’s not about word count but maintaining that visceral connection between yourself and the fiction.

Of course, all the duplicate podcasts are showing up just fine. ARGH!

Good luck with NaNo. It’s possible to catch up but NaNo bragging rights aren’t worth getting sick(er) over–weigh whether it’s worth it, I guess I’m saying.

–Kristin

Thanks several bunches for all your advice and your interest. My school’s English department has allowed me to apply, and I have decided to send the first page of a story that I have been writing in a very “on again, off again” fashion for several weeks. (I would not recommend this method of writing, as you might expect, since it often leads to continuity errors and other regrettable things. Unfortunately, more often than not, it is the only sort of fiction writing I have time for, considering that my high school is very demanding.)

So, as of now, the application is sent, and I will be sure to let you know what the result is when I find out … in March. Patience is indeed a virtue.

Admittedly, I was quite vague concerning the expectations of the New England Young Writers’ Conference, but then again they are somewhat vague as well. From what I’ve seen, they accept submissions in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Though I’m known to churn out a haiku once in a while, I am far from being a poet. And, since fiction is really what I want to do more of, I chose to send off something fictional.

Each year, the NEYWC accepts two hundred high school juniors from the area of New England and New York. The operative word in that sentence, as I see it, is “juniors.” In other words, this is my only shot at getting accepted to this event. So, here’s hoping that I didn’t totally blow it. And here’s looking forward to March.

Oh, and thanks again. I’m sure I’ll be in touch again sooner than not.

I can understand how being sick puts you behind. I was sick the weeks leading up to NaNo and still have a cough. Good luck with your NaNo project, I’m sure you’ll get back on track. But from personal experience you have to watch how hard you push. The first year I did NaNo I finish in 15 days, but I wasn’t use to writing at that level and ended up not writing for nearly a month.

Also thanks for play to promo. Anyway I think I should be writing.

Terry