As I mention in several other parts of this site, I have fallen several months behind in updating this Journal.

As a result, I'll try to post an entire month a week to get caught up. Hope it works...

Week of August 28th - September 3rd

Well, on September 2nd, I finished the courses that have taken up my time since the beginning of May. I'm anticipating high marks for most everything.

The only frantic problem is that now I have to once more scramble to find a job. I'm hoping that the extra skills on my CV will help me a lot...

My 2nd HD still isn't working. I haven't managed to coordinate with friends to get it fixed yet. So, I'm still scrambling to get things working.

I did manage to get Office working on my system again, at least. All it took to get it working was - you guessed it - ANOTHER full reinstall of Windows. 3rd time is the charm, I guess...

Kevin (my editor at Peregrine Games ) gave me feedback this week on the notes I sent him. He likes some of the concepts I gave, and we started to discuss what I'd be most interested in working on for the company.

Once again, I've started to work on Comicopia . Issue 49.

49. 49 newsletters that I've produced to date for the APA. That's 8 years and two months since we started. That's mind-blowing.

Also this week was the start of sorting through all the back issues that we're sending to the National Library of Canada for a permanent archive. Never thought I would see the day that our words took on such importance.

My computer woes have continued - relentlessly. Because of all these 'joys' that go with the upgrades, I haven't been able to do all the writing work that I've wanted to.

I did get some work done though. This week, I joined an online writers' group called The Writer's Loft. It proved to be too much of an ego-boost, though; when I listed my publishing credentials as they stand to date (note that I don't consider them that lofty. My idol, Isaac Asimov, had much more to his credit by this age), I received a ton of stunned reactions. People there didn't think that I really needed the group anymore. I disagree; I don't feel that I've yet achieved my own writing voice, and I'm hoping this group helps me to achieve that.

This was a very slow week for me, writing-wise. The Writer's Loft didn't have any new story challenges available, and none of my other projects moved forward either.

Another slow week for me. There are supposed to be new story challenges up in the Loft next week (can you tell how eager I am?), and Con*Cept is next week as well. Hopefully these things will inspire me.

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