I’ve got a few days off from my regular job and I am spending them…. working. I’ve got two online creative writing courses that I will begin teaching (thanks for the edit Karen) come Monday, and there’s always more to do to get online courses ready than one imagines in one’s little mind when one chooses to watch movies instead of working on curriculum for multiple weekends in a row. Both courses are getting into ship-shape order now, and I’m feeling that start-of-the-course excitement. We are gonna have some fun! It has just occured to me that, since they are online, anyone could sign up, not just my fellow Phoenicians. Eight weeks, with one assignment due per week. The first course is Beginning Creative Writing, where we will work on memoir, poetry, and short stories. The second course is Beginning Poetry, where we will do five different poems (nature, persona, list, strange, rhymed) plus some revisions. I know it’s late notice, and I must confess total ignorance about the availability of space, but hey, if you’re interested, check it out. http://www.asu.edu/pipercwcenter/workshops/index.html