First, just a quick update on my latest writing projects. I got the feedback from my second round of test readers for Star Wanderers: Reproach (Part VII), and while I think the story still needs work, it’s getting closer. I probably won’t be able to get it out by the end of September, but first… Continue reading Quick update and a funny thing
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A few quick updates and a new publication
Sorry, no Trope Tuesday post this week. I’m leaving Kutaisi in a couple of days, to spend Christmas in Tbilisi before flying home. Needless to say, things are a little upside down right now. I’m still writing though. Making progress on The Sword Keeper, though not as much as I’d like. Once the school year wraps… Continue reading A few quick updates and a new publication
One Confirmed Kill by Peter Johnston
The best description of this book that I think I could give is the disclaimer at the front: The following is not fiction. The characters and events described are closely based on real life, and any resemblance to real persons, organizations and events is purely intentional, and should be construed in the most negative light… Continue reading One Confirmed Kill by Peter Johnston
“What was your purpose in writing this?”
Yesterday I heard back from one of my first readers for Star Wanderers, and the feedback she gave me was awesome. You know you’ve got a good first reader when their comments make you go “aha!” and you find yourself with a host of new ideas for the story. Anyway, at one point, she asked… Continue reading “What was your purpose in writing this?”
Part I of Star Wanderers is finished!
That’s right–I was up until about 2 am last night finishing it. Man, time goes by fast sometimes. This is probably just the first part of a much longer novel, but I hit a good stopping point so I’ll probably put it on the back burner for now while I finish Edenfall and do a… Continue reading Part I of Star Wanderers is finished!
Another publication in Leading Edge!
That’s right! My poem “Zarmina,” dedicated to Gliese 581 g (the first exoplanet discovered in its sun’s habitable zone) is published on page 98 of issue 61 of Leading Edge! Also included in this issue is an excellent essay by Brandon Sanderson, in which he introduces his second law of magic systems. It’s an excellent… Continue reading Another publication in Leading Edge!
The blog tour rolls on
I’m writing this post from Leading Edge (the internet is down at my apartment), so I don’t have much time, but I did want to take care of a few items of housekeeping. First, my next guest post in the Genesis Earth blog tour is up, this one at Charles Millhouse’s blog. Charles is a… Continue reading The blog tour rolls on
LTUE 2011
So LTUE (BYU’s science fiction and fantasy symposium) was last weekend, and it was awesome. The venue was the BYU Conference Center just north of where DT used to be, and in my opinion this was a much better place to hold it than the student center, where it’s always been. It felt a lot… Continue reading LTUE 2011
Deceptively unproductive day
Man, where did the day go? I don’t feel like I was lazy, yet I only wrote about 1.2k words for the whole day. And things were going so well the day before… Well, I guess I was busy, just with a whole lot of other things. Donated plasma (which took all morning), got some… Continue reading Deceptively unproductive day
Q4 report, 2010
For those of you who don’t know, I do a report on my blog at the end of each quarter, giving a progress update on my writing. I like to think it helps me keep things professional. Whether or not it does, it’s certainly helpful to look back on how I did. So anyhow, here’s… Continue reading Q4 report, 2010