Some thoughts

This is going to be real quick, since it’s 1:30 am and General Conference is tomorrow.   The revision is going along really well for Genesis Earth–I am really excited about this project.  My only regret is that I don’t have more time to dedicate to it.  As it is, I’m probably putting too much time… Continue reading Some thoughts

This sucks and I’m a horrible writer

It’s getting really, really hard for me not to believe that statement, especially as I finish up with the middle part of this novel.  I’m starting to realize that I made a whole bunch of mistakes pages and pages ago, and that the climaxes just aren’t working without everything set up right. I know, cognitively,… Continue reading This sucks and I’m a horrible writer

Slow but steady

Okay, quick post before I go to bed. Things are progressing in this novel, slowly but surely, as you can see from the wordcount.  Unlike past weeks, I’m not pushing myself too hard, mostly because I’ve got a lot of schoolwork right now and if I were to spend much more time on this novel,… Continue reading Slow but steady

Productivity breakdown

I’ve been thinking a lot about the writing I accomplished in the past few semesters. In some ways, I worry that I’ve become a lot more disorganized and a lot less productive than I was a year ago. Back in winter ’08, I took a couple of really difficult classes, got up early each morning… Continue reading Productivity breakdown

It’s done!

205 pages, 57,499 words, thirteen chapters and an epilogue–Genesis Earth is FINISHED!!! It really did get more and more difficult the closer I got to the end.  The last part of the last chapter, in particular, was very difficult.  I can’t exactly tell you why, without giving away the story, but…let’s just say, it was… Continue reading It’s done!

Gah! Almost there!

Ok, so I didn’t finish my novel yesterday like I said I would.  Instead, I went with a couple of friends from the old capitol house and went up to Salt Lake.  Of course, Aneeka and I were in the midst of a race to see who would finish their novel first, so I invited… Continue reading Gah! Almost there!

So close…

I am so close right now to finishing my second full novel, Genesis Earth.  Just two more scenes.  One final scene to wrap up the chapter, and the epilogue to finish the book. Am I excited?  Am I pumped up?  I guess.  Right now, the thing that’s on my mind the most is getting this… Continue reading So close…

It’s a novel!

Genesis Earth is now officially over 50,000 words.  That means, by most standards, that it is officially novel length. What’s more, I’m on the verge of finishing it.  I’m only about 2,000 words from the ending, and despite the fact that this story has hung me up so many times (including right now, in the… Continue reading It’s a novel!