For week nine, I really enjoyed reading the Robin Hood stories. I am not familiar with comic books, so the first story was a little bit of a challenge to read. The old English also provided some difficulty this week, which is kind of weird considering that I generally prefer ancient "dead" languages over our modern ones. For reasons I don't quite understand, I've never been much of a fan when it comes to old English. The poetic nature of the stories also took some getting used to, especially some of the merry men refrains. All things considered, however, I am glad that this unit was included in our coursework. It was certainly interesting to see some familiar childhood stories in a more adult-like context.

As for my writing, I must admit that I am beginning to lose some of my enthusiasm for the weekly story and essay assignments. It's not so much that the assigned readings are not as interesting, it's just that other things are beginning to demand more and more of my attention. Hence, my latest writings (IMHO) are not nearly as good as my older ones. I will say, however, that my storybook writings have made it possible to recognize and correct some bad online writing habits. That is one area in which I continue to improve. As for my storybook, things are starting to come along. I finally got the wrinkles in my introduction and first story ironed out. My second story has been published and revised, but I am waiting to see what sort of feedback I might get before declaring it done. My hope is to write stories three and four over Spring Break. It would, after all, be nice to bring this course to completion shortly afterward. As for people's storybooks, I must say that I have been rather impressed with both the overall presentation and the content that others have put into theirs. There are a wide variety of topics and themes being explored this semester and it's rather fun reading the storybooks as they develop.