Dear Fans,
Hello there! So much as gone on in these last few months. My son is now in kindergarten and I am officially a college student now (I am super proud of me and my son).
I am finally getting use to the swing of things and getting use to a new route. My English teacher is my biggest critic but I'm pretty sure it is just to make me a better writer. Last class I had with him he told the whole class "My job as a teacher is to be an ass hole." which had to be one of the funniest thing I've ever heard him say. Mr. Robbins (my English teacher) has a great personalty and can keep you interested in what he is saying no matter what the topic is. I hope I am able to get him as my creating writing teacher, that would be awesome.
Now for the next class I enjoy, but one of my hardest, is my Speech class. I gave my first speech Tuesday and got a B. I don't think I've ever been more proud of getting a B in my life. I was extremely nervous because I was unsure how my audience (my classmates) would take my speech. The guidelines are the speech can be about anything as long as it does what my professor asks for. So this first speech it just had to be a story that had a point. Well for some reason or another the only story I could think of was one of my short stories "The Faceless Princess". So while everyone had stories based off of their lives or something that was made up and realistic I told about a royal family, a wizard, and magic. Yup, I just had to be the one to go sci-fi.
One of the hardest things I had to do for the speech was taking my original short story with all of its details and frills and make it something that would last up to exactly three minutes while still keeping enough story so it still made sense to my audience. I did it though got up to the front of the class and told my story. Everyone loved it well exempt for one classmate, he is a party pooper so we won't include him and his opinions on it, but lets just say sci-fi isn't his thing.
There was about 4 reasons I got a B instead of an A:
- I wasn't loud enough (we have the nosiest AC I've ever heard in that classroom)
- I spoke too fast (oops lol)
- I spoke in a "pattern" (this is very curious thing to hear, I will find out exactly what that means soon)
- And my point wasn't presented at the beginning of my speech, even though it was in the middle and end.
I've been in college for a month now and I really do enjoy it, even though it does take my time away from writing and editing my next book. I certainly do not take this opportunity for granted though. I know I need to expand my knowledge because when you learn more you grow more, and it shows up in your writing.
So how's your life going?
~Mama Snow (Miyuki)
