A Post of 5's

WHAT I'M DOING: Trying to find some balance between school work, housework, and creative work.  Failing, but trying.

WHAT I'M READING:  Just finished NEW AVENGERS: BREAKOUT by Alissa Kwirty, as well as two youth biographies - one of CS Lewis, one of JRR Tolkien.  On the shelf - STAR WOLF by Kathryn Lasky, a kids' animal fantasy.

WHAT I'M LISTENING TO:  THE AVENGERS AND PHILOSOPHY: EARTH'S MIGHTIEST THINKERS by Mark White (editor).  Never took a philosophy course in college - more's the pity - but that's not getting in the way of understanding the essays.

WHAT I'M WONDERING:  How, exactly, does one break into voice work?

WHAT I'M WATCHING:  Not much at the moment, but waiting for the S.H.I.E.L.D. program to come out; it might make good family viewing.

Another Post of 5's

WHAT I'M READING - I'm currently between books.  I started a children's novel, Breadcrumbs, but it's not really hooking me.  May ditch it and move on, consigning it to my classroom library.

WHAT I'M WRITING - Character profile of Veritas, my G.I. Joe alter-ego; she's MWR (Morale, Welfare, and Recreation) as well as interfaith chaplain for the Joes.  (Yes, women CAN be chaplains... cool, huh?)  Just finished a draft of Gonna Draw Me a Story that needs to sit for a few more days before I start revising.

WHAT I'M LISTENING TO - Mercedes Lackey's Phoenix and Ashes, one of her Elemental Masters fairy tale tributes.  This one is Cinderella under a historical fantasy veneer.  It's probably my fourth time listening to it - never gets old.

WHAT I'M TEACHING - Gary Paulsen's Woodsong in reading, poetry in writing.

WHAT I'M PUTTING ON MY WISH LIST:  I love the Signals catalog!

The Post of 5's

I think this will be a good filler post template... just a "quick 5" to make myself write something coherent.

• WHAT I'M WRITING - Lesson plans for a memoir unit, revisions to Joefic Lykoi, not much else.  Sigh.
• WHAT I'M READING - We Bought a Zoo by Benjamin Mee
• WHAT I'M LISTENING TO - Nothing at the moment, but the Geek Mom podcast is next up when I have a second.
• WHAT I'M DOING - Contemplating if I'd like to teach a lower grade next year, pondering what's holding me back from sending my picture book manuscripts out on the query circuit.
• WHAT I'M WISHING - That I had the money for the Robert Atkins pledge commission I'd SOOOOO like to have... but alas, I don't.  Whimper.