Writing again is awesome! I have my NaNo Novel underway, and with nearly 10,000 words under my belt, I'm feeling great. The plot is around Mary-ann Shaw who ends up as a horoscope writer... who accidentally becomes really really good at it.
I have also applied to do my Masters in Creative Writing next year at Victoria University! I don't know if I will be accepted, but I do hope so. My application is in, and I am excited about it. My thesis project is entitled, "Killing Jane Eyre" basically following a character in her quest to find herself in Bronte country.
Between that and discovering the joy of tumblr, I am blogging like there is no tomorrow! Feel free to pop over and follow my tumblr blogs as well:
Explorations of a Restless and Inquiring Mind
Killing Jane Eyre
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Monday, November 5, 2012
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
A Brief Update
Well, this is a busy time, but I think all times are busy really....
School is back on in full force, and part of me is loving it. The other part of me is frantically trying to catch up with all the paperwork!
On Thursday, I'm off with a fantastic group of 12 kids to the New Zealand Juggling Championships and Convention in Levin. We are teaching, learning, performing, watching, camping and running backstage stuff for the professional show, Cirque du Otaki. It will be wonderful. The best part is the camping methinks, we will be hanging with Circus-folk in tents! Yay!
When that is all done and dusted, there will be planning for the History trip to the Bay of Islands, what I consider to be my spiritual homeland. Following that, there will be *hopefully* the trip to South East Asia, and all going according to my desires, selection to travel as an exchange teacher to China.
However, April is Script Frenzy, and I want to get my classes, and myself, sorted out to conquer the challenge of a 100 page script by the end of the month! Yay. One does like challenge......
School is back on in full force, and part of me is loving it. The other part of me is frantically trying to catch up with all the paperwork!
On Thursday, I'm off with a fantastic group of 12 kids to the New Zealand Juggling Championships and Convention in Levin. We are teaching, learning, performing, watching, camping and running backstage stuff for the professional show, Cirque du Otaki. It will be wonderful. The best part is the camping methinks, we will be hanging with Circus-folk in tents! Yay!
When that is all done and dusted, there will be planning for the History trip to the Bay of Islands, what I consider to be my spiritual homeland. Following that, there will be *hopefully* the trip to South East Asia, and all going according to my desires, selection to travel as an exchange teacher to China.
However, April is Script Frenzy, and I want to get my classes, and myself, sorted out to conquer the challenge of a 100 page script by the end of the month! Yay. One does like challenge......
Friday, January 7, 2011
Another resolution
I have been doing a lot of thinking about travel.
This year I am going to get really organised and apply for the AFS Teacher exchange to Asia. My choices of country to visit would be as follows:
1. China - to see the Beijing Opera and diabolo stuff
2. Vietnam - to see the legendary water puppetry
3. Indonesia - to see their shadow puppets
Yes, the Drama teacher in me comes out. Narrowing the list down to 3 was hard! I still feel like I want to put Japan in the list, Kabuki theatre and all that. Sigh. So many options. But, as the award is an all-expenses paid trip, the selection process is tough, and I cannot get my hopes up for selection. But, I am mega keen. :D
I also have been looking at the STA experience travels, and I think I would like to participate in one of their language immersion trips. They do one to Cuzco to learn Spanish. I figured out it would cost about $3000 for flights and the course, so once I sort myself out, I may have to start saving. I have always wanted to live overseas and to learn another language, so this one has been excited to say the least. I'd even get to stay with a family in their home, which would be so wonderful.
But, the realities of life must take over for now. I have goals to achieve, and the Cuzco trip can only be a reward if I manage the others. But it is exciting to think about. :D
This year I am going to get really organised and apply for the AFS Teacher exchange to Asia. My choices of country to visit would be as follows:
1. China - to see the Beijing Opera and diabolo stuff
2. Vietnam - to see the legendary water puppetry
3. Indonesia - to see their shadow puppets
Yes, the Drama teacher in me comes out. Narrowing the list down to 3 was hard! I still feel like I want to put Japan in the list, Kabuki theatre and all that. Sigh. So many options. But, as the award is an all-expenses paid trip, the selection process is tough, and I cannot get my hopes up for selection. But, I am mega keen. :D
I also have been looking at the STA experience travels, and I think I would like to participate in one of their language immersion trips. They do one to Cuzco to learn Spanish. I figured out it would cost about $3000 for flights and the course, so once I sort myself out, I may have to start saving. I have always wanted to live overseas and to learn another language, so this one has been excited to say the least. I'd even get to stay with a family in their home, which would be so wonderful.
But, the realities of life must take over for now. I have goals to achieve, and the Cuzco trip can only be a reward if I manage the others. But it is exciting to think about. :D
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