Just like the title says--Hilary Clinton has been nominated to be our Secretary of State. I am really pleased with this choice.
I remarked to one of my colleagues yesterday that this is the "honeymoon" period with Obama, but I honestly hope that the honeymoon doesn't end!
Well, back to grading my FINAL set of in-class essays for the semester! As often happens, my English 1B course is made up of nearly all my students from 1A! It's really fun to spend a whole year with many of the same students.
As for writing, I have started two essays, and am awaiting word from two agents. I have been savoring a bit the fact that my book is being considered by two of the top agencies in New York (one is in the top ten, the other is in the top three). I am at peace with whatever happens with this.
I do know that I feel I am coming to another point in my emotional healing from a time when I lost five deeply beloved people in a short time span. I am moving from frantic activity, trying to get everything done because of my acute awareness of limited time, back to choosing projects that give me a sense of satisfaction, with a better sense of focus.
Well, back to grading.
My name is Joan McMillan and this blog is, as Emily Dickinson says, "my letter to the world." I am currently working on a nonfiction book about the murder of a young woman, Asha Veil, born Joanna Dragunowicz, and her unborn daughter, Anina, on September 9, 2006. My book is meant to honor her life and illuminate the need to create a safer world for women and children.

To read an excerpt from the book, please click on the following link:
ashaveilbook.blogspot.com
An excerpt from The Pleasure Palace, my romantic comedy, can be found here:
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