…but then I figured the day wouldn’t be complete without blogging…
Author: Joe Vasicek
Joe Vasicek is the author of more than twenty science fiction books, including the Star Wanderers and Sons of the Starfarers series. As a young man, he studied Arabic and traveled across the Middle East and the Caucasus. He claims Utah as his home.
Don’t put it off
Some updates on the writing process, and a little rant on the difficulties therein…
Do you measure beauty in Kelvin or degress Celsius?
I got into this really interesting discussion with my co-workers today, and thought I’d share it with you. It all started when this song came over the delivery van’s radio, and the message was “everyone is beautiful in every way.” Naturally, I disagreed…
This novel keeps getting longer and longer…
…but in some ways, it also keeps getting better and better…
time = life, therefore long winded academic articles = evil
I’ve come to a conclusion that might just prove myself a hypocrite, but I’m going to say it anyways…
I’m starting to get to the really cool parts…
…in both of my stories. In The Lost Colony, Leila, who’s a native of this somewhat primitive civilization that doesn’t understand spacefaring, stows away on a shuttle and experiences space for the first time. Pretty cool! And in The Wormhole Paradigm, tension builds as they set off towards the planet, anticipating that the aliens will… Continue reading I’m starting to get to the really cool parts…
Get married in the temple…but just barely!
That’s the advice from Stephen L. Robinson, at least (author of Believing Christ and Following Christ–some of the best books that I’ve ever read on the subject of the Gospel that weren’t scripture). The other week, he gave quite possibly the most fascinating lecture I’ve heard all year–Paul the apostle on sex and marriage…
3,000 words tonight
Just another daily update on my writing progress:
I live behind an invisible wall of awkwardness
ok, so this post is going to be completely spontaneous and a little bit personal…
6,400 out of 10,000 isn’t bad
Well…I came a little bit short of my outrageous goal to write 10,000 words this weekend. But 6,400 isn’t bad. I got past some really difficult parts in my novel and I can almost see the end from here (next time, I’ll have to do a better job outlining so I can see the end… Continue reading 6,400 out of 10,000 isn’t bad