Roel's Ramblings

These are the thoughts of a Texas transplant in West Michigan who makes his living as a newspaper reporter by evening, and a struggling novelist by day.

Sunday, April 03, 2011

Random Thoughts on Writing

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I feel pretty confident about the Z book. I started it on March 19 and thus far am close to fifty pages double spaced. Perhaps it’s not much...

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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

The book

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Here I sit, late once more, tired. I worked on school stuff, lesson plans for tomorrow night's class. I did not get a chance to write to...

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Monday, January 10, 2011

First Christmas With Kids

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So it's back to work tomorrow after a few weeks off. Again, funny what a year does to a family. Last year, it was just me and dawn hangi...

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Friday, December 03, 2010

"In Groups We Shrink"

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This week in my English classes we discussed the dynamics of a crowd or group. We examined two essays, "In Groups We Shrink" by Ca...

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Wednesday, December 01, 2010

Kyle

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Today was the first snowfall of the season. We only got, oh, less than two inches, I'd say. Still, it required taking out the shovels t...

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Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Fatherhood

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This is my first post in more than a year. A lot has happened in that time. Obviously, I'm not at the newspaper. I'm teaching still....

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Sunday, December 20, 2009

grades posted

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today finished grading the few remaining final essays of the semester. it struck me while talking to dawn earlier today that i realized why...

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