Time has been flying by a mile a minute here so I thought I’d make a quick update before the month is completely gone. It’s been a wild time. Between my academic work, fiction writing, DMing, and life I have been running a little ragged this month.
I got to take off this past weekend for a writers’ retreat with folks from Tavern Tall Tales. It was a bit of an adventure. We talked shop, swapped stories, and gave each other writing/publishing advice. The whole weekend was a great get away.
There are many talents of modern creativity that are difficult for me even decades into the craft. One of my glaring personal hardships is having trouble finishing projects. In writing this usually means I have about twenty-to-one “chapter 1s” versus “the ends”. I’ll hit a spot where I don’t know my next move or have trouble continuing and figure some space will help me focus… Sometimes for several years. This week I’ve been on a roll though.
Since my last post, I’ve tinkered around with my list of films to show this spring. I think the new viewing list will be more impactful for the class. The intersession mini-semester is independent study so there is more focus on original student research. With that in mind, and after watching/rewatching the list, I’ve made some updates that should encourage more student-led research. My hope is this is the last time I change the list. It’s a pretty good lineup though. So I’d be hard-pressed to move anything now.
I’ve been creating a special topics research class for a minute now. We can pitch class ideas for the May Intersession (a weird pseudo-semester outside our normal 3). Usually, it is an experimental time to try out a new class idea or concept. There have been Bridge playing classes, trips to far-off countries, Star Wars philosophy, and volunteer events with the Special Olympics. I decided to pitch ‘rubber suit monster movie appreciation’ and got it!
Now I just had to choose my film list…
Calculating Normals 
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