I have resumed my paying job to help finance my writing again. Yesterday was my first day back in the store. It’s still not fully open, we have a maximum capacity in the building that we’re keeping a pretty close eye on, and February is usually a pretty slow time for sales regardless, but it’s still pretty stressful.
Oh well. Not much I can do about that.
Novel is still coming along well (although, as is tradition, I still hate the working title for it), and I’m hopeful to have it finished “soon” (next few weeks). I have to maintain the pace I set during my week off, but that’s okay, it’s not exactly a blistering pace to maintain. I wrote about 12,000 words over the week, and I should be aiming for 14,000 for a regular week regardless of all other considerations. More-or-less.
And classes have resumed. I have officially received my first “B” grade since I started taking English courses (only on one assignment thus far), and that didn’t feel great, but on the flipside I’m honestly not doing this for the grades, I just want to learn. Still, old habits die hard.
Okay, with that, I have about two hours that I can use to write before class starts for today, and I intend to use it! Hope everyone out there is staying safe and healthy!