It’s done. Khullas. Blegh. Now I’ve just got to get it peer reviewed, edit the crap out of it, write a whole ‘nother paper for a whole ‘nother class, and I’m FREEEEEEEEEEEE!!! This is totally me.
Pravda Vitezi
So I was thinking about my story the other day, and about how the first chapter contains a lot of old sci fi cliches but not a whole lot of the unfamiliar. I was trying to figure out what original concepts I could throw in there and how to make the point of view a… Continue reading Pravda Vitezi
Coming along…
Ok, so I’m doing a lot better than I thought I was in the last post. Here’s a quick update and some other cool stuff…
The end-of-the-semester crunch is starting to get to me
It’s that time of year for BYU students–everything is about to come to a wonderful, beautiful, liberating close, but before that you have to pass through the very gates of hell. Everyone is getting swamped with tests, papers, and projects, and I’m right there in the thick of it. Man, I’m starting to wish that… Continue reading The end-of-the-semester crunch is starting to get to me
500 words and a major rewrite of the first chapter
Ooh, boy, I’m going to be tired tomorrow!
3,000 words in the past 2 days
And it’s late tonight, but I don’t have anything until 10 am. Just another update on things.
To Joe who is HARDCORE! Keep writing!
That’s what Brandon Sanderson wrote on my copy of Elantris which he signed today after class. Yay! The story, though, starts with the steel cage death match between him and the BYU English department that happened a couple of days ago…
If I haven’t been blogging…
…it’s probably because I’ve been writing. So here’s a quick update before I do today’s 1k:
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
I’ve always wanted to read a romance, just because I know so little about that particular genre. Most of the time, though, the people around me would talk me out of it (“Romances are so slutty and gross! You don’t want to read one of those!”). However, a lot of people recommended that I read… Continue reading Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
The writing’s not coming so easy
Yeah, and it’s kind of annoying…