Sounds like we have our genres in common. Though I don’t usually write romance, sci fi and paranormal is my favourite. I even squeezed in a bit of romance in the YA novel I’m writing now.
I’m taking this course because my first traditionally published novel is due out this summer and I’m hoping to do well enough to use the momentum to help sell my second novel (which I hope to finish this July). I’m able to retire from teaching soon and the more writing cred I have, the sooner that can happen.
I also like the idea of being a part of a writing group. Years ago, I joined a writing group at the local library. Many members have moved away or are busy raising families (or both) and we no longer have regular meetings Being able to forge connections with other writers is perhaps the most valuable part of this experience for me.
I mostly teach programming, but next year I’m scheduled to to teach an application course. I used to be head of the computer studies department and teach exclusively computers, but due to changes by the ministry, computers has been absorbed by business and when that happened, I went back to teaching English which I dearly missed. These days I teach mostly English with one or two computers a year.
