Hey everyone, how’s it going? This week I made some great progress on my goals for the month! My Duolingo Ukrainian tree is now to red + (so I’ve got through all the lessons at least three times each; the ultimate goal is to get through all the bubbles 5 times, turning tge tree to gold). I finished the second section of stories in 100 Easy Ukrainian Texts (these all involved “things” like pens and keys and stuff). I started another story in Short Stories in French. And I passed the 6th Duolingo checkpoint in French!
I did experience a slight setback though where it comes to editing my short story for the month. I’ve talked before about choosing the stories I wanted to work on for the remainder of the year. Unfortunately, I came to the realization that one of the stories isn’t really a short; there’s so much more going on in it, that I think it needs to be a longer work of some sort (perhaps a novella or even a novel?) A lot more work will need to be done on it than I initially expected because there’s so much more going on. So I made the decision to put it aside for now. 😦
So instead I’m going to see if I can whip the other story I choose into shape. I’ll also have to choose a second story for editing in the hope that I can still make that goal! I don’t know if I’ll have time to edit two stories now, but I’m still going to try! Wish me luck. 🙂
Oh, and on Friday, I was once again a guest host on Thunder Bay Public Library’s weekly show Read This Next. Nicole and I talked about the Massey Lectures (which I had been reading when we filmed). We thought this was really topical as the 2020 Massey Lectures aired this month! If you’re interested, check it out! 🙂
For this week, other than looking over that other short story, my main plan is to fit in more reading in Ukrainian, French, and English. What about you? How’s November going? 🙂
An Acquaintance with Letters 