I'm not too sure how I feel about my EMA being cancelled. On the one hand I'm happy I had less work to do; on the other I feel like I've missed out on some learning.
As far as the A233 Telling Stories: The Novel and Beyond module went, I thought I did OK. But I need to get better at analysing literature: at times I felt I hadn't studied the text well enough, which often left me struggling for things to write. My problem is – and always has been – that I go too fast and try to rush through everything. If I could learn to slow down, I think I could improve my studying and writing. But learning to slow down will be tough.
There were about ten books we had to read for A233. To be honest, I was not a big fan of them. Far From the Madding Crowd wasn't too bad, and I may even reread it at some point. I was disappointed by Neil Gaiman's Stardust, something I was glad to put down when I finished it. Don't get me wrong, the story was good; it was his writing style I disliked – it just seems so lethargic at times.
What next? Well, until my next module, I'm doing an e-learning course at The Publishing Training Centre. It's one of their cheaper courses, and if it goes well, I will do one of their big courses next year, in between OU modules. But we shall see.