School has been kicking my trash this semester. Maybe it’s senioritis or something, but I feel like I’m doing half the work I did as a junior and still, all I can do is put out fires. I was hoping to be finished with Genesis Earth 4.0 by now, but it’s looking like that won’t… Continue reading An existential time of year
Tag: Goals and Plans
First personalized rejection!
Okay, I’m taking a quick break from the Final Fantasy 6 Werewolf tribute posts to mention some exciting news. This might sound counterintuitive, but I got an encouraging rejection letter a couple of days ago from Krista Marino, one of the editors at the BYU Writers and Illustrators for Young Readers conference! This is what… Continue reading First personalized rejection!
Must…build…momentum
Man, nothing throws a kink in your writing life like a major paper. This semester, I’ve got the mother of all undergraduate papers to write–the CAPSTONE. Interestingly enough, I’ve been having a lot of fun with mine. A lot. I’ll spare you the gory details, but basically my capstone is a statistical study of the… Continue reading Must…build…momentum
I need a new deadline
Two, actually. I’ve got two unfinished projects, both of them on the sidebar: Genesis Earth 4.0 and Bringing Stella Home 2.0, both of which have stalled in recent weeks. Here’s what I’m thinking: I’m currently swamped with school, and have been for the last several weeks, but after tomorrow, most of the urgent important stuff… Continue reading I need a new deadline
September recap
So, September’s over now. Where in the heck did all that time go? In some ways, I can still remember the summer…but in other ways, it’s never been further away. So, what did I do this past month? Plenty. I got a good start on school (14 credits this semester), I quit the writing advisor… Continue reading September recap
Six weeks to World Fantasy
Holy cow! How is September halfway over? It seems like school started just a week ago. Only six and a half weeks before World Fantasy convention in San Jose, and I think I’m going to have to readjust some of my goals. I’d wanted to finish Bringing Stella Home 2.0 by the 11th of October,… Continue reading Six weeks to World Fantasy
Busy busy AWESOME day
I had an awesome day today. Totally awesome. If every day this semester is like this one, I’ll be dead tired before Thanksgiving but so happy it won’t even matter. It started at 7am. Woke up, worked out, read a galley from Dragon Moon Press for Leading Edge while working out. The book wasn’t that… Continue reading Busy busy AWESOME day
Summer roundup
Alright, with the first week of school already over, I figure I should recap and evaluate my writing progress this summer. When school ended in April, I was still waiting to hear back from Brandon Sanderson’s agent about an internship. My backup plan (which I started as soon as classes ended) was to stay in… Continue reading Summer roundup
Blarg.
I’ve got a bad case of writer’s avoidance. It’s annoying. I wrote 1,500 words in Bringing Stella Home today, and about 800 words of outlining. That might seem like a lot, but when you consider how much free time I had today, it’s really not that much. Blarg. I’m all moved in to my new… Continue reading Blarg.
To write on vacation or not to write?
That is the question. These last couple of weeks have been very unproductive. I hate it. Yeah, there have been reasons–moving apartments, sister’s graduation, coming home, etc. Worthless excuses–I should have been writing more, and I didn’t. At the same time, taking a break every now and again is very important. Sometimes you just have… Continue reading To write on vacation or not to write?