This has not been my week, technology speaking. Not only have I still not gotten Twitter to work in the classroom, but my clickers didn't work all week either. For those of you who have no idea what a clicker is, it's a little remote control-like device that students can use to 'click' in their responses to questions I post on Powerpoint. It's great for large classes because everyone can have a voice. That is, when they work. Turning Point, who makes the clicker software, just came out with a new version and we think that's the problem. So I'm going to take my laptop (which has an older version) to class next week to see if I can get something technologywise to work in my classroom!
I also managed to rack up three more rejections on Rule #17 and 1 more on TTBI. The good news is that I also received valuable feedback on both. Apparently, my main character in Rule #17 is not compassionate enough (which makes since given she could vie for the Olympic bitch of the year award were their one). I'm not about to make her less bitchy as that is just her character (and the inner bitch in all of us), but it looks like I at least to explain why she's the way she is. So I'm going to add a prologue to fix that. The other piece of good advice I received this week was about the title of TTBI. Apparently, having the word 'toilet' in my book title is a big turnoff. It was suggested by some of my fabulous critiquers on AQ (see previous blog) that I change the title to Porcelain Goddess. I love it! So I am now reworking my query to that end.
The really good news is that I just found an author I love who self-publishes on Amazon: H.P. Mallory (hpmallory.com). I bought her first book because it sounded like it might be interesting and to just see what self-published book was like. They really did a nice job over at Amazon. You could tell it wasn't done by a big publisher (glue obvious on the binding, type a little offset), but it wasn't just some pages in a binder, which is what I expected. Anyway, if I can't get an agent interested in any of my stuff soon, I may try that route. H.P. Mallory is a real talent and if it's good enough for her...
Marathon Training Plan, Week 4:
Monday - 3 mi E w/ 4*20sec Tempo pace
Tuesday - bike 30 min
Wednesday - 3 mi E w/ 3*30-60sec hill repeats
Thursday - 20 min bike
Friday - 3 mi E
Saturday - 6 mi
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