First, I wish to note with great sadness the passing of President Gordon B. Hinckley. He was a great man who had a deep and lasting impact on my life. I don’t doubt that he is in a better place, reunited with his wife, but for me, here on Earth, it is still very sad. … Continue reading Progress and sadness
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.
A new hypothesis on the infrequency of dating
I ran into a friend / old roommate at the library just now. He greeted me by saying “so, you’re as lame as me for not being on a date Friday night?” He then proceeded to give a very interesting hypothesis as to the meaning of this…
Man! I need to FOCUS!
Just a rant on the negative aspects of my usual disorganized mode of existence…
Advice from Brandon
So, I finally got around to blogging about last week’s English 318 class with Brandon Sanderson! Here’s what we talked about…
Even if the writing sucks, the story is good!
Another update on my novel…
861 words
Just keeping myself honest…
Thoughts on Arts and the Spirit of the Lord
My friend Andy wrote on her blog about this really powerful and influential talk by Boyd K. Packer about Mormonism and the arts. I haven’t read this talk before, and all I can say is: wow. Well, actually, that’s not all I can say, because I’m about to blog about it…
Researching publishers and a new novel from an old story
I didn’t do a whole lot of writing today, just a little bit in my story for English 318. I did, however, research some markets and give out Decision LZ150207 to some beta readers. I’m also starting to figure out some new plans for my story The Clearest Vision…
Breaking 79,000
Another update on my novel…
editing editing editing
I took a break from The Lost Colony tonight to edit two of my short stories, The Clearest Vision and Decision LZ150207. I want to send both of those out to contests in the near future, so I want to polish them up and send them out. I’m really optimistic about it.