Neverending road construction. Corrupt local officials who take kickbacks from the neverending road construction. Massive public transit projects that seek to fix a problem that doesn’t really exist. Incompetant construction contractors who can’t get the job right the first time, and have to redo it five times in as many years. Parking Nazis who ticket… Continue reading Why I’m moving out of Provo for good at the soonest opportunity
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Novella woes and farmers markets
Today I wrote about 2.6 words in my current WIP (Sons of the Starfarers), which didn’t really feel like it because I was constantly getting distracted. Still, 2.6 words is pretty solid–it’s about mid-range for me. If I can hit that every day from here on out (which is doubtful, but hey), the rough draft… Continue reading Novella woes and farmers markets
Conquering the mountain
So this last weekend, I decided to solo climb Y Mountain. For those of you who don’t know, Y Mountain is one of the smaller mountains along the Wasatch range local to the Provo/Orem area. It’s called Y Mountain because of the enormous letter “Y” painted on its side (yeah, that’s what they do to… Continue reading Conquering the mountain
The Obligatory Valentine’s Day Post
I was going to write a long post on why I hated Valentine’s Day, but then I realized it hasn’t been so bad. Of course, that’s mostly because I’ve been in my apartment most of the day, writing. I did go to Macey’s at one point, and was mildly annoyed by the crowd of people… Continue reading The Obligatory Valentine’s Day Post
Slugging it out and summer plans
Ok, last week I wrote almost nothing on this blog, and last night I wrote a quick post before going to bed that didn’t really explain much. I just got done reading one of Dave Farland’s kick-in-the-pants series of email newsletters and it said, basically, to post every day if you have a blog (unless… Continue reading Slugging it out and summer plans