introductory chapter

Well, in case you're wondering, the writing has gone really really well the last two weeks. I have a lot of work done on my introductory chapter, my proposal is ALMOST ready to send to my committee, and the Buffy chapter is up to the mid-twenties in page length and I haven't even talked about Willow yet. So writing at Starbuck's has gone well, except for one day when this chatty guy wouldn't take a polite hint and kept talking and talking (and talking) to me. I kept trying to "scratch my nose" with my wedding-ringed left hand, in the hopes that he would realize "hey, this chick is married and so my flirting is doing no good" but maybe he either didn't get such a subtle hint or didn't care. He was definitely flirting, but maybe some guys don't realize that not every woman flirts back just because she isn't outright rude. I dunno. For a long time it wasn't an issue; when I was chubby, no guys really even noticed (a sad truth that women who are "older" or over a certain body weight are invisible in our culture!!)

Anyway, I'm going to the gym in a few minutes, and later next week will be going to Florida for my niece's wedding and then to Alabama to do a "just write it" week at my "retreat" in Birmingham. :) I have no idea if anyone other than the "retreat hostess" ever even reads this thing, but I thought I'd update just in case.

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