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Almost to the Finish Line

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Mar 01, 2023
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Hello Everyone!

I have six days to finish my book revisions, which means I am in the very crunchiest of crunch times. It feels scary and great and exhausting. I am not getting enough sleep, not walking enough, and I have a feeling I may collapse when I finish, but I’ll have to pick myself up right away to teach and attend classes.

Juggling the already extreme demands of my PhD program and this revision has been incredibly difficult. I’ve cried a lot. My average sleep over the past two and a half months is 6 hours and 6 minutes. There is so much more I want to do with this manuscript, and I am going to do my best to do it all by Monday.

SESSIONS IS ON FRIDAY!

We have a sweet little group on Friday mornings from 10:30am-12pm. Please note that if you come into the session after 10:40 we will likely have started working, so mute yourself upon entry. We' always check in around 11:50am and chat about our writing.

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We are Reading THE ROUND HOUSE for our March book group.

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