Last Post.

I got a nice pep talk from one of the faculty who admonished me to work hard toward a complete draft of the novel. Even if I have to sketch in the parts I'm less sure of, he said, the revision process will be much easier if I have a whole draft to work with. He said that he's seen too many people write until they had 2/3 of the novel, then stop to revise, and revise again...and in the end they still only had 2/3 of the novel. I'll be curious to see how the semester unfolds. If I take his advice, it might be a good idea to take the semester after this one off, finish the draft, then return to revise first 100 pages for my thesis.

Tonight is graduation--always touching but more meaningful with each semester as friendships deepen. Then the final dinner and party. I leave campus at 4:15 AM tomorrow. Argh! But otherwise, a nice end to a great residency.

This is Bora from Planet Warren Wilson, signing off. Thanks for reading.