Sunday, May 20, 2012

Necessities

Sometimes, it's just not my turn to be creative.

I have been decidedly absent from creative endeavors (with the exception of one which I shall post about at a later date). It's not from lack of desire or motivation, but I have given over my creative pursuits to those of my students.

My day job is that of a teacher, and one of my classes is creative writing. My students are on the cusp of publishing a collection of horror stories, and it has been my job to compile and edit their work.

That is a task in and of itself! Making sure that every one's name is spelled correctly, that every one's story is edited, that everything is school appropriate...

Yikes!

So, here is a sneak peak of the cover, and then I am off to do the final edit and hopefully get everything posted today.

Phew!



4 comments:

  1. This sounds like an awesome project and that cover design is just delightfully creepy! Hope you will share more with us!

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  2. Your students are lucky to have a teacher with such creativity.

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  3. I think this is just the coolest thing! You are probably starting someone on a life-long career as a published novelist. Teachers really do inspire and change lives. They are lucky to have you and I'm sure you are super proud of them.

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  4. Thank you, everyone!

    This is my pet project (nearly) every year. This year I had some truly superb writers. There are a couple stories in there that are just amazing!

    For their final project, they have to start the process of writing a novel. I can say without hesitation that a couple of them need to commit to finishing. I'm hooked!!

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