First off, before you read anything else in this letter, go and buy the following items: A couple hundred N95 masks. A box of 100 buckshot shells. A Costco sized jar of vitamin C. A Costco sized jar of vitamin D3 (50 micrograms). Got that? Okay, good. Second, don’t panic. You are (mostly) already prepared… Continue reading A letter to my 2019 self from my 2020 self
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My Intersectional Author Bio
I’m subscribed to just about every major science fiction and fantasy podcast on the internet, and one of the most annoying things they do is use the author bio to virtue signal about how woke or intersectional they are. So just for fun, I thought I would get in on that action and write an… Continue reading My Intersectional Author Bio
NaNoWriMo 2020 Day Thirty
It’s done! I did it! Hit the big 50k word mark in thirty days! The T-shirt is on the way! Here are all of the stories that I wrote for NaNoWriMo 2020: “Lord of the Slaves” (about 9,200 words) “The Real Hell” (about 3,700 words) “The Scales of the Space Whale” (about 9,800 words) “A… Continue reading NaNoWriMo 2020 Day Thirty
NaNoWriMo 2020 Day Twenty-Eight
Words written: 3,700 Total words written: 46,385 Stories written: 7 Character interviews written: 5 Total words behind: 282 Only 3,615 words to go! I won’t be writing tomorrow, since I don’t generally write on Sundays, but with how close I am to beating this challenge, you can bet that I’ll be pounding out those words… Continue reading NaNoWriMo 2020 Day Twenty-Eight
NaNoWriMo 2020 Day Twenty-Seven
Words written: 3,140 Total words written: 42,685 Stories written: 6 Character interviews written: 4 Total words behind: 2,315 Catching up in the home stretch! Here’s hoping I can pull through the next few days to the end!
NaNoWriMo 2020 Day Twenty-Six
Words written: 2,682 Total words written: 39,545 Stories written: 6 Character interviews written: 4 Total words behind: 3,788 Catching up! Slowly, but surely. We’re in the home stretch now, and with just over 10k words to go, I think I may actually be able to pull this off. It’s gonna be close, but I may… Continue reading NaNoWriMo 2020 Day Twenty-Six
#GiveThanks Day Seven
(87) I’m grateful for my pilgrim ancestors who came to this country seeking to build a more godly community, and gave us a heritage of self-government and self-sufficiency. (88) I’m grateful that my pilgrim ancestors actually survived, which was not at all a foregone conclusion, or even likely. (89) I’m grateful for the native Americans… Continue reading #GiveThanks Day Seven
NaNoWriMo 2020 Day Twenty-Five
Words written: 1,823 Total words written: 36,863 Stories written: 6 Total words behind: 4,804 We’re coming into the home stretch, and I’ve still got over 13,000 words left. It’s going to be a close one. At this point, if it weren’t for these character interviews, I would be able to keep up. Today was a… Continue reading NaNoWriMo 2020 Day Twenty-Five
#GiveThanks Day Six
(73) I’m grateful that my only food allergy is chicken meat, and that I can still handle Turkey just fine. (74) I’m grateful for books like The Fourth Turning and The Next Hundred Years, which really help to open my eyes to what’s coming, and prepare. (75) I’m grateful for our renters and the blessing… Continue reading #GiveThanks Day Six
NaNoWriMo 2020 Day Twenty-Four
Words written: 2,414 Total words written: 35,041 Stories written: 6 Total words behind: 4,959 Today I brought the truck into the shop to get an oil change and renew the registration, and it took more time than I thought it would. Spent most of that time up at the BYU Library catching up on back… Continue reading NaNoWriMo 2020 Day Twenty-Four