A couple of weeks ago, Riegheena and Gamila both gave me this award, which is kind of nice–I’ve never gotten a blogging award before. The tradition is to hand off the award to a bunch of other bloggers by linking to them, so I picked a few of the blogs that I enjoy to read… Continue reading You Make My Day award
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President’s Day Challenge
There are no classes Monday, so I think I’m going to do something crazy. I’m going to write 10,000 words in the next two days, and do it from at least six different places. LTUE this year has really got me pumped up to work on this novel, and I’m going to take advantage of… Continue reading President’s Day Challenge
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
I wanted to read one of the books that was written right around the time when science fiction as a genre was just starting to form, so I decided to read this classic by Jules Verne. Even though I knew the story already, it was fairly enjoyable to read, and I noticed a few things… Continue reading 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
Thoughts on The Little Mermaid
I had this great idea for a story the other day, and it sounded a lot like Hans Christian Anderson’s The Little Mermaid, so I decided to read it (the original, of course) to see what the story is like. Having read it, I can definitely see why it is considered to be a classic–and… Continue reading Thoughts on The Little Mermaid
Hinckley Challenge
I don’t usually participate in this kind of stuff, but a group of people are getting together online to commemorate President Gordon B. Hinckley’s life by pledging to read the Book of Mormon in 97 days, starting this Monday. President Hinckley was an incredible man and his teachings and leadership profoundly affected my life. Like… Continue reading Hinckley Challenge
Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
In English 318 at BYU, every time somebody mentions Scalzi’s name, Brandon Sanderson (who teaches the class) counts to three, raises his fists and shouts out “Scalzi!” in this voice that makes it clear that he’s cursing his name. Why? Because he beat him to some kind of award or something. But Scalzi is definitely… Continue reading Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
When I started this book, I was a little bit surprised that it’s such a famous sci fi book–the story wasn’t that strong, and there were a couple of flaws that even the Quark writing group would pick up on pretty quickly. By the time I finished it, however, it gave me the urge to… Continue reading Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
Quark Writing Group Flier 2008
Check out the link below! It’s a copy of the writing group flier for this year! Many thanks to Aiwe for the artwork! Here’s what to do…download the flier, print it out, and post it up wherever you want! Especially if you’re in the Provo/Orem area–we want to attract BYU aspiring writers who love Science… Continue reading Quark Writing Group Flier 2008
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…
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.