Comments on: School’s Out For Summer https://rachellegardner.com/schools-out-for-summer/ Literary Agent Tue, 13 May 2025 22:21:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: iheartya https://rachellegardner.com/schools-out-for-summer/#comment-30162 Sun, 30 May 2010 21:43:18 +0000 http://rachellegardner.flywheelsites.com/2010/05/schools-out-for-summer/#comment-30162 >In graduate school, one of my professors outlined a very specific summer plan, and it's one that I still like to follow:

1. Write like crazy–creat your "Fall Offensive" (As a short story writer, submitting during the summer is ridiculous as most of the decent journals are run my overworked graduate students. Therefore, submissions are usually not accepted in the summer, so it's okay to focus on just writing).
2. Edit like crazy
3. Create a reading list and stick to it. Choose at least ONE difficult book that you've been meaning to read for quite some time.

My own additions:
1. Eat lots of popsicles.
2. Bbq ALL the time.
3. Enjoy the sun (with sunblock!)
4. Hang out with friends and family as much as possible!

–Sarah Joy– 😉

]]> By: Anonymous https://rachellegardner.com/schools-out-for-summer/#comment-30146 Sat, 29 May 2010 08:16:13 +0000 http://rachellegardner.flywheelsites.com/2010/05/schools-out-for-summer/#comment-30146 >Wow! Nice topics, I am looking this type of topics. But I need more informations. I know a New Drafting CAD Site gives away over 100 House plans for free.
SDS PLAN

]]> By: patriciazell https://rachellegardner.com/schools-out-for-summer/#comment-29939 Sun, 23 May 2010 00:27:53 +0000 http://rachellegardner.flywheelsites.com/2010/05/schools-out-for-summer/#comment-29939 >I'm going to write the final blog posts for my book, write my book proposal, and query some agents. Also, I am going to work on my curriculum with my principal (it needs updating) and get ready for school next August. I will hang with my family–we're expecting grandchild #9 in July and #10 in November. (#8 was born in April–3 grandkids in one year–cool!) And, somewhere is the midst of all that, I am going to take some time off and just chill!

]]> By: Kathryn Magendie https://rachellegardner.com/schools-out-for-summer/#comment-29932 Sat, 22 May 2010 13:47:34 +0000 http://rachellegardner.flywheelsites.com/2010/05/schools-out-for-summer/#comment-29932 >Now your post title has me thinking of Alice Cooper! *laughing* (I guess that ages me!)

I can't wait for the wild blackberries here in our mountain cove -there's so many of them and I make blackberry cobbler or put them on my yogurt or cereal!

I also go to downtown Waynesville, on main street, and eat gelato, or to the "Big City" of Asheville and stroll downtown and eat at Tupelo Honey.
🙂

]]> By: Anonymous https://rachellegardner.com/schools-out-for-summer/#comment-29931 Sat, 22 May 2010 04:18:51 +0000 http://rachellegardner.flywheelsites.com/2010/05/schools-out-for-summer/#comment-29931 >I was fortunate as a child to have the "Bookmobile" pull into my neighborhood once a week. One of the first books I pulled off the shelf that didn't come from the kiddie section was Dicken's Tale of Two Cities and the classic Sci-Fi "Invisible Man."

I was hoping to leave Alaska this summer for a trip to the Lower 48, but I have some family members who are really itching to come up and catch some big salmon. Am I going to be selfish, or practice Christian hospitality instead? Yet to be determined.

]]> By: KC Frantzen https://rachellegardner.com/schools-out-for-summer/#comment-29930 Sat, 22 May 2010 02:25:02 +0000 http://rachellegardner.flywheelsites.com/2010/05/schools-out-for-summer/#comment-29930 >Y'all are giving me great ideas! Yay on Galveston Outfitters. My Dad's family grew up in Hitchcock and one uncle was BOI. 🙂

Me? Being with my family at a cabin in CO and working with a writing coach to whip the WIP into shape. Very exciting!

Have a great one everybody!!!

KC Frantzen
http://www.maythek9spy.com

]]> By: Jill Kemerer https://rachellegardner.com/schools-out-for-summer/#comment-29929 Sat, 22 May 2010 01:25:55 +0000 http://rachellegardner.flywheelsites.com/2010/05/schools-out-for-summer/#comment-29929 >This slice of your past summers made me smile. I used to walk to the library and come home with a stack of books too. Well, I still do!

Summer to me means meandering around the zoo, strolling by the river, lazing at the beach, and anticipating back-to-school supplies in August.

Hope you have a wonderful kick-off to your summer!

]]> By: Ladonna https://rachellegardner.com/schools-out-for-summer/#comment-29928 Fri, 21 May 2010 22:13:48 +0000 http://rachellegardner.flywheelsites.com/2010/05/schools-out-for-summer/#comment-29928 >Well, I think of ice cream sandwiches, blueberries, cherries, and strawberries. As a kid growing up in Canada, I would ride my bike around the neighborhood, then in later years my summers were filled with track meets all over the world. Now, that I have kids summer has a new meaning. Play dates, taking a drive up to Malibu, going to museums, swimming, and hanging out with good friends. The summer for me: no schedule. I love that.

]]> By: mary bailey https://rachellegardner.com/schools-out-for-summer/#comment-29927 Fri, 21 May 2010 21:34:04 +0000 http://rachellegardner.flywheelsites.com/2010/05/schools-out-for-summer/#comment-29927 >Reading about everyone's summer plans is fun!

School's out for us next week. For the first time in several years we will not be taking a big vacation. I didn't save up the cash and I refuse to use credit! We did join a swimming pool so we will likely be there every day. I'm planning lots of reading, playing and day trips!

]]> By: Mary Anne Graham https://rachellegardner.com/schools-out-for-summer/#comment-29926 Fri, 21 May 2010 21:20:56 +0000 http://rachellegardner.flywheelsites.com/2010/05/schools-out-for-summer/#comment-29926 >My schedule this summer – like me -is backwards. During the school year, my eldest is away at college and Mom leaves the office at 2:30 to pick up the youngest at middle school. Mom then goes home and logs into work to finish the rest of the day.

This summer, the eldest is home and watching the youngest. So Mom works a full day at the office.

Sigh — Wouldn't it be nice if just one year parents stayed home and sent the kids to work!!!

]]> By: Terri Tiffany https://rachellegardner.com/schools-out-for-summer/#comment-29925 Fri, 21 May 2010 19:42:35 +0000 http://rachellegardner.flywheelsites.com/2010/05/schools-out-for-summer/#comment-29925 >I live in Florida so it seems like summer all the time–but we do like to pack up our lunch and head to the beach for the day with a book:) I'm so white!

]]> By: ParisBreakfasts https://rachellegardner.com/schools-out-for-summer/#comment-29923 Fri, 21 May 2010 18:56:59 +0000 http://rachellegardner.flywheelsites.com/2010/05/schools-out-for-summer/#comment-29923 >Interesting play on publishing and the slushpile at the BBC
Called 'Cinders"

]]> By: Daniel Smith https://rachellegardner.com/schools-out-for-summer/#comment-29922 Fri, 21 May 2010 18:52:19 +0000 http://rachellegardner.flywheelsites.com/2010/05/schools-out-for-summer/#comment-29922 >My day job is a high school teacher so I have mixed feelings as well. My girls are 22 and 8 months so this should be an exciting time to spend with them. But I will miss school in part. It can be bittersweet like you say.

It reminds me most of the cycle of life and death and the seasons. Sunshine and Rain, Heat and Frost are all necessary. We wouldn't know how great the summer is without experiencing the rages of winter. I take comfort in knowing this is how God set it up and He always has our best in mind.

]]> By: watching the game https://rachellegardner.com/schools-out-for-summer/#comment-29921 Fri, 21 May 2010 18:20:19 +0000 http://rachellegardner.flywheelsites.com/2010/05/schools-out-for-summer/#comment-29921 >I was a nerd just like you! While all the other kids on the bus screamed "No more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks," I would press my face against the window and feel sad. My teacher had never given me a dirty look, and I regretted leaving her classroom behind. Now I love the unhurried days of summer, my kids coming home, and the illusion that time itself doesn't exist.

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