I picked up this sign at institute last Wednesday. The lesson was on our desires; specifically, how the thing that we truly desire deep down is often the thing that we get. The main reason I posted this sign on the door was to motivate me to get a better job than my current one. … Continue reading The need to change
Category: Genesis Earth
An interesting concept
Last night, I was hanging out with a friend of mine and a couple of girls in the apartment complex where I currently live. We got to talking about books, and one of the girls said something really interesting: Every book needs to have one thing that the main character knows that the reader doesn’t… Continue reading An interesting concept
When taking a break is not enough
So these past few days, I’ve been taking an unofficial break from writing. After I finished Mercenary Savior 3.0, I didn’t feel that the time was quite right to start my next project. Plus, I figured that after working so hard, I kind of deserved a break. It’s been kind of weird, though. In some… Continue reading When taking a break is not enough
Falling behind
Man, CONduit is at the end of this week, and I’ve still got a good 14k words to go in Mercenary Savior. Today, I only wrote 1,300 words. I have no idea why my productivity has fallen so much, but it’s not good. It might not be a totally bad thing, though. I’m having trouble… Continue reading Falling behind
Book Festival and other updates
So last Friday, there was a book fair at the Provo Library. I only heard about it the night before from Facebook, but there were almost twenty authors on the guest list, so I figured it would be a good place to go to meet other writers. I wasn’t mistaken! I biked up to the… Continue reading Book Festival and other updates
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Man, I don’t write for this blog as much as I should. Life is going well. I just recently got a part time job doing telephone surveys; hopefully, it will help tide things over until I can get something better. Between that and donating plasma, I should be able to pay the bills for the… Continue reading Untitled
Life in the Real World
So it’s been a week since I graduated, and life in the “real world” is very different from academia. In some ways, it’s scary, but in other ways, it’s actually kind of fun. Freedom from schoolwork is HUGE. Seriously, I had no idea how much day-to-day stress came from school until now. Without this or… Continue reading Life in the Real World
Pluggin’ away
Wrote 2,889 words today, bringing the running 7-day total to just under 15,000 words. If I can keep this up for a month without lagging, I should be able to finish Mercenary Savior 3.0 in time for CONduit. In the meantime, I’m looking for a job. A friend of mine who’s in Egypt right now… Continue reading Pluggin’ away
Quark has a new writing VP
That’s right; her board name is Jimmy and she’s basically doing it the same way I did it–by jumping in the deep end first. Joined quark last semester, went to a few writing meetings, and pow! Writing VP. Anyways, we had some interesting conversations after the last writing group meeting of the semester. Basically, I… Continue reading Quark has a new writing VP
Quick post from Provo
This is going to be quick, because it’s late at night and I want to get some sleep. I made it to Provo. I’m currently staying with an old roommate, sleeping on his couch. To do: find a job and a place to live. Fortunately, I’ve just about got the second one secured. I talked… Continue reading Quick post from Provo