My office

My goals for this weekend were to clean up my office and to start work on the Fantasy Matters paper.

I got the first one done. In fact, my office is cleaner than it has been for months, perhaps all year. The biggest thing is that every scrap of my financial paperwork has been entered into Quicken and filed away. That was a huge undertaking. Now that the floor is picked up and vacuumed, I'll be able to exercise in here again (a good thing, now that my weight is starting to creep up again since I've stopped biking). I will be able to concentrate much better in here, and it feels welcoming in here, as it hasn't in months.

I have not started on the paper yet (plan to tonight after dinner), but I feel that I can now. I have left it a bit longer than I would have liked, but the clean office cheers me up enormously. After all, I finished the last Potter paper in much less time. I am confident I'll be able to do a good job. Perhaps I will start posting some preliminary thoughts tonight, after I've had a bit of a chance to sketch out some preliminary ideas. I need a bit more advice about source materials.

Must dash; the water is boiling for the pasta.

Pointers, please

My paper proposal is here. I was just winging it when I drafted it, and I have one question: What works, specifically, of Robin McKinley's deal with the heart of flesh vs. heart of stone theme? I mentioned her in the abstract; I should put her work in the paper. What, specifically? Thanks.

Peg