Just a few quick, scattered thoughts before I run off to work. Working a desk job has convinced me that if at all possible, I want to make my full time living as a novelist. I don’t see myself doing what I’m doing in this internship for the rest of my life, or even for… Continue reading Thoughts on future career
Tag: Life Decisions
Finishing and beginning
Classes for this semester are over, I’ve turned in all my papers, taken all my exams but one, and now I feel like I have this giant void in my life. I was walking around on campus today with literally no idea where I was going or what I should do. It was…strange. With school… Continue reading Finishing and beginning
An existential time of year
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
Thoughts on World Fantasy 2009
Since it’s been a couple of days since World Fantasy 2009, I guess I should share some of my thoughts before life starts pulling me in other directions. First of all, I was surprised at how similar it was to LTUE, CONduit and other convention/symposium events I’ve already attended. The basic format was the same:… Continue reading Thoughts on World Fantasy 2009
I <3 Lunasa
Lunasa is an Irish folk music band–one of the best that I know. If you haven’t heard of them, you should check them out. I mean, at the very least, check out Kevin Crawford’s mad whistling: Crazy! Sometimes, when I wonder what I should do after I graduate, I get these starry eyed dreams of… Continue reading I <3 Lunasa
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
Thoughts after finishing Legend by David Gemmell
I just stayed up a bit late, finishing Legend by David Gemmell. Wow. According to his wikipedia entry, Mr. Gemmell wrote Legend in two weeks while waiting to hear if his cancer diagnosis was terminal. After reading this book, I can definitely see how that influenced the writing. This book is incredible, one of the… Continue reading Thoughts after finishing Legend by David Gemmell
Heaven’s library
2,943 words today, even though today was the first day of Writing and Illustrating for Young Readers. I’ve reached the major climax of the book–the moment I’ve been replaying over and over in my head. Perhaps this novel is not as bad as I’d thought–perhaps I can pull this off. The current incarnation is terrible,… Continue reading Heaven’s library
“That’s what it looks like when the infection sets in.”
So said Howard Tayler at CONduit today when he saw the expression on my face at the Aspiring writers Q&A panel. We chatted a bit afterward, and he said something very encouraging: that if I continue to pursue my writing career with the same hunger he saw on my face, he believes I will be… Continue reading “That’s what it looks like when the infection sets in.”
What did you do with your summer?
This is the question I’m kind of worried people will ask me (or I’ll ask myself) when fall rolls around. It’s looking more and more like I won’t be going to New York for the internship, so that begs the question–what else are you going to do? Are you going to be productive and do… Continue reading What did you do with your summer?