Last night I went to bed at five in the afternoon. I woke at 3:00, which meant I was well rested with nearly 10 hours of sleep. That made for a productive writing session. I have written an estimated 9,000 words on this second version of the chapter. I feel pleased with the work though I will wait for responses from my first reader before I express too much optimism. I’m sending the documents to Carole today for typing.
Tomorrow morning I will continue writing. I have another 3,000 to 5,000 words I want to write in the opening section. Then I must return to the proposal itself and spend several days refining it. My hopes are to have the entire document ready for the ltierary agent who represents me by mid-summer. We’ll see.
Following my morning writing, I went to run. I ran 10 miles at a much faster pace than usual. I now have 1,317 miles logged over the past 149 days. I spent the afternoon writing a new article for change.org. I wrote about the parole system and expressed my thoughts on why prison reform ought to bring back parole. I wrote a similar article last week for PrisonTalk. My new article for change.org ought to run on Monday, 18 May 2009.
It is Mother’s Day, and I’m sad that I do not have access to sufficient phone minutes. I cannot use the phone to call my mother, my grandmother, or my two sisters. I hate this terrible disruption to my family and community as a consequence of this phone system. In fewer than three more years, this will end for me.
Sunday, 10 May 2009
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