I wish I was writing right now. Grrr!!! Freaking life is too busy! Maybe this is why I write so much when I do sit down and actually do it. All of that creative energy and whatnot pent in for so long, when it comes out, it comes out in a flood. Maybe. Maybe not.… Continue reading Not enough time…
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.
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin
I just today finished this wonderful piece of science fiction. Ursula Leguin’s The Left Hand of Darkness is a science fiction classic and an excellent piece of writing. Although it’s pace was much slower than what I’m used to, I enjoyed it very much. It tells the story of a man named Genly Ai, who… Continue reading The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin
2,000 words and some thoughts on the characters
I got out of classes today at 3 pm and had this really strange sensation. I wanted to go anywhere but the place where I was. It was very wierd. All through my last class, I’d been watching the clock, counting down the minutes, and when the time finally came, I still felt really cramped.… Continue reading 2,000 words and some thoughts on the characters
Cool writing music
Ocremix came out with a new album. This time, it’s based on the soundtrack for Final Fantasy VII. Like all of their music, it’s completely free. The arrangement for the JENOVA theme has got to be one of the best takes on this excellent piece of Nobuo Uematsu’s work that I’ve seen yet. Soft, but… Continue reading Cool writing music
Awesome Quark Meeting!
So, we had the first meeting of the Quark writing group yesterday, and it went very well! I was a little bit nervous, since I’m definitely a newcomer to this club (I only joined up with it last winter, whereas most of the core members have been around for four or five years!) and not… Continue reading Awesome Quark Meeting!
1673 words and things are AWESOME
Yeah! 1673 words, and that doesn’t include some major edits I made of the first chapter. I got some good feedback from the Quark writing meeting, and made a few edits to the first chapter. Some pretty sizeable edits, in fact, but I’m very satisfied with them. Now, my philosophy is not to make any… Continue reading 1673 words and things are AWESOME
About 1,200 words and a goal modification
It’s late at night, but I just got finished writing and I wanted to blog in about it. It went fairly well. I introduced a new character (Leila) and tried to develop her a little bit, show the different sides of her personality and how she reacts to trials and difficulties. I hope that I… Continue reading About 1,200 words and a goal modification
This is where my goals start to fall apart
Ok, so I haven’t written in the past two or three days in the story. I was going to write in the morning Wednesday, but I ended up sleeping in until just before class, and the rest of the day was extremely busy. Then, today, I was also going to write, but I ended up… Continue reading This is where my goals start to fall apart
Taking a break tonight
1,127 words yesterday and I started class today, with TONS of Arabic homework, so I decided to take a break and go to bed early. I need the sleep. Yesterday, when I started writing, it was difficult at first because there wasn’t much action, but as soon as the action picked up the writing just… Continue reading Taking a break tonight
Writing and the Sabbath
Today was my first Sunday in a new ward, and we had a really good Elder’s quorum lesson on keeping the Sabbath day holy. This is an area of living the gospel that I really need to improve on, and I need to both stop doing things that aren’t appropriate for the Sabbath and start… Continue reading Writing and the Sabbath