Well, as you may notice, I didn’t write at all yesterday. My wordcount meters are both down significantly, especially the 7 day one. Grr…I will get them back up before too long! New goal: get both meters in the red by the end of the week. However, I have a reason for not writing, and… Continue reading No writing yesterday…but there is a reason
Tag: Thoughts and Reflections
Destiny
A couple of weeks ago, we started learning about the Seljuk Turks in History 240 (History of the Middle East to 1800). This band of rugged, horse-riding nomads went from mercenary warriors of some Persian dynasty to the de facto rulers of nearly half the Muslim world. In an era when radical Shi’ism swept across… Continue reading Destiny
The week is OVER!!!
I am so happy. Yeah, I’ve got a current events paper I’ve got to write for MESA 201…but I can do that in like twenty minutes. Especially since the paper itself is not due, just the stuff that has to be peer critiqued. And really MESA 201 is like a flashback to high school, so… Continue reading The week is OVER!!!
Hooray for Obama!
Well, the President of the United States has been decided. Obama won. I honestly can’t say that I’m disappointed. No president would do all of the things that I want him to do, but I think Obama is going to steer this country in the right direction. Less foreign intervention, more multilateralism and better relations… Continue reading Hooray for Obama!
Halloween and Nanowrimo kickoff
So, if you checked my blog earlier today, you may have noticed the, um, lack of progress as noted by the speedometers. Well, all I can say is that yesterday was kind of a special case, it being a holiday and all. However, it was an awesome Halloween! I went to work at 10:30 am… Continue reading Halloween and Nanowrimo kickoff
Grr…
Man, I’ve been busy this week. I have been making progress–750 words isn’t bad, even if it is lower than I’d like–but I haven’t moved past this one scene. It’s kind of frustrating. I have the next couple of scenes figured out in my head, and I’m really excited to get to them (they’ve got… Continue reading Grr…
Okay, a new direction
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
Hero of Ages release party tomorrow!
Tomorrow at 5:30 pm is the Mistborn release party at the BYU Bookstore! I am so excited! Brandon Sanderson is a great fantasy writer, an awesome teacher of creative writing at BYU, and a really friendly, approachable, good person. I had loads of fun in the English 318 class he teaches (definitely my favorite class… Continue reading Hero of Ages release party tomorrow!
Wrestling with my novel
Grrr…writing was so hard today. It probably didn’t help that I was operating on only four hours of sleep, or recovering from a sickness, or constantly allowing myself to be distracted, but for some combination of these and other reasons, it was just really hard to write today. I usually love revising. I think it… Continue reading Wrestling with my novel
I really love this story
I should have written this last night, but yesterday I set out at 8:00 to write in Hero in Exile, and two hours / 1,300 words later, I realized that I really like this story. Maybe I’m just a sucker for the romantic, exotic Western view of the Middle East–stunning deserts with their rocky cliffs… Continue reading I really love this story