I have a new blog!

Check it out: Journey to Jordan. The blog is going to be all about my study abroad experience in the Middle East this summer.  I’m going to pattern after my sister’s blog, which IMO is one of the best blogs I’ve ever read. This means, however, that I probably won’t be updating this blog as… Continue reading I have a new blog!

First submission sent off!

Yep, that’s right!  This past Thursday I sent off the first three chapters plus a synopsis to Tor for them to consider!  It was all part of the English 318 final.  And…I’m not exactly sure how I feel about sending it out just yet…

FREEDOM!!

Well, not quite yet.  There’s still exams.  But no more classes!!!  Yay!  I’m so relieved! It’s been so awesome to have free time again.  Unfortunately, these past two days I’ve squandered it quite a bit, and haven’t written a whole lot.  I changed that today, though, and wrote about 1,440 words.  Still…man, only about a… Continue reading FREEDOM!!

In two weeks…

Two weeks from this moment I’m going to be in a plane over the Atlantic ocean heading to Cairo. How cool is that?! Definitely an order of magnitude cooler than writing this paper.

I really don’t want to write this paper

As in I really, really, REALLY don’t want to write it. The class was good, and the stuff we learned was interesting (and even profoundly compelling at times), but the grading is arbitrary, the class didn’t present itself as a challenge, and I’ve already written one final paper this week.  One freaking fantastic final paper… Continue reading I really don’t want to write this paper

A new story is starting to take shape

And it’s really exciting!   I talked about it a little in the last post, but it’s coming together a lot more as I’m thinking about the characters. Let me share what I’ve got so far:

Down to the last stretch

…in more ways than one.  School is coming to a close, I’m making my final preparations for the study abroad, and this novel is only one or two chapters from completion (in rough draft form, that is.  Very rough draft form).  Now that I’m almost finished with this draft of the novel, I’m able to… Continue reading Down to the last stretch