About This Blog – Page 2 – One Thousand And One Parsecs

Blogging vs. journal writing

So as you may have noticed, I generally blog a lot less nowadays than I did just a couple of years ago. That doesn’t mean I don’t blog at all, or that I don’t value keeping a blog, but it’s just not something I do as frequently as I used to. I’ve been wondering why… Continue reading Blogging vs. journal writing

1000 posts and counting

According to my WordPress dashboard, this is the 1,000th post on this blog. I was going to hold off and do something big and momentous for the occasion, but then I figured it would be better to do a quick footnote and get on with the regular program. Nine hundred ninety nine blog posts ago,… Continue reading 1000 posts and counting

New theme

Hey guys, I decided to update my theme to make it a little less cluttered and easier to read. What do you think? A lot of the stuff in the sidebar seemed rather useless, so I got rid of everything but the bare essentials (book links, email newsletter, progress bars) and the visitor map. The… Continue reading New theme

Ira Glass on storytelling

I just listened to this awesome presentation by Ira Glass, host of This American Life, on the art of storytelling and narrative, and I wanted to share it because it’s that good. If you haven’t ever heard of This American Life before, do yourself a favor and check it out. You may or may not… Continue reading Ira Glass on storytelling

How’s my new blog template?

It’s up! What do you think? I especially like the sidebar layout, with the featured item on top and the double sidebars below. I think I’m going to put all my promotional stuff (books, social networks) on the right sidebar, with all the blog stuff (tags, archives, recent comments, blogroll, etc) on the left. I’m… Continue reading How’s my new blog template?

Fighting for a Homeland

For the past few weeks, I’ve been brainstorming ideas for my next big novel project. One of the ways I’ve been doing this is to by trawling tvtropes and putting together a mashup of the story tropes I’d like to play with. By far, the one that’s struck me the most is Fighting for a Homeland.… Continue reading Fighting for a Homeland

New Background

My old blog background was starting to get old, so I decided to change it. What do you guys think of the new one? Is it too busy and distracting, or do you think it works? The image, by the way, is of the Greater Carina Nebula, taken from NASA’s excellent Astronomy Picture of the… Continue reading New Background

Old About page

Well, now that I’m graduated and can no longer say that I’m a BYU student, it’s time to write a new About page for this blog. Before I do that, though, here’s the old page, in case you want to read it one last time. About Me Who am I? I am an oldest son,… Continue reading Old About page

Calling on readers

I had an awesome idea for a magic system over the Christmas break. But…I’m not sure I want to post it publicly. I know I said in an earlier post that I didn’t believe in hording good ideas…but I don’t know about this one. Not with just anyone. At the same time, I don’t want… Continue reading Calling on readers