I owe a lot to Aneeka. She is the one who motivated me to write The Phoenix of Nova Terra back in 2007 when I didn’t really think I could finish a novel before the end of the school year. Like I said in the last post, I’ve hit something of a wall in my… Continue reading Okay, a new direction
Tag: Quark
New job!
This past week I just started a new job at BYU. I’m a writing advisor for the FHSS (Family of Home and Social Sciences) writing lab. It’s GREAT! I help students work on their papers and work on their writing skills, and I really love it. How I got this job is an interesting story. … Continue reading New job!
Awesome weekend!
This was a really good weekend for writing. We had a REALLY fun writing meeting with Quark and I got some very helpful feedback for the first chapter of The Phoenix of Nova Terra (aka The Lost Colony), and now after another rewrite I feel really happy with it. On Friday, as I was walking… Continue reading Awesome weekend!
Progress!
Last night I hung out with my friends Steve Dethloff and Lindsay Rowe over at Steve’s new apartment at King Henry. Had a really good time, which unfortunately involved staying up until 2:30 am. The next day I was zombified–even more than usual. I can’t keep this up much longer…need sleep… So the day pretty… Continue reading Progress!
Ggggggggroggy
Yes I am. No routine and lots of destractions equals late, late nights. I don’t think I’ve gone to bed before 2 am at any time this week, and now I’m suffering for it. Fortunately, though, this is the weekend, so I can recuperate a little. The only writing goal I’ve marginally been keeping up… Continue reading Ggggggggroggy
Three day weekends!
Ok, this is going to be a quick post because it’s late and I CRAVE sleep. I tried this semester to schedule all my classes on Tuesday and Thursday, and because of that I wasn’t rehired at the BYU bookstore because I didn’t have mornings open TTh. Suck. What’s more, I ended up having to… Continue reading Three day weekends!
Summer goals revision
So, it’s getting towards the end of the summer, I’m having a TON of awesome experiences out here in Jordan, I’ve practically abandoned the Quark writing group (for the time being…I’ll be back…), and I’m only 16,000 words into Genesis Earth, which I was hoping to finish before the end of the summer. My daily… Continue reading Summer goals revision
cool idea for nanowrimo
Now that I’m gone in the Middle East, the Quark writing group has to find its way without me at the helm. So far (as far as I know) it’s been going really well, with Travis moderating the online meetings–from what I’ve seen, we’ve even got a few new people coming out, which will be… Continue reading cool idea for nanowrimo
1,673 words tonight
Man, it’s been a busy week–and a busy weekend! The days are really flying by, and it seems like I’ve got a hundred more things to do than I’m capable of doing. To complicate things, probably the biggest stress on me right now is finishing this novel…
Brandon Sanderson speaks to Quark!
We had an awesome weekend in the Quark writing group! Brandon Sanderson came and spoke on turning your dreams of becoming an sf/f writer into reality…