Thoughts on Arts and the Spirit of the Lord

My friend Andy wrote on her blog about this really powerful and influential talk by Boyd K. Packer about Mormonism and the arts.  I haven’t read this talk before, and all I can say is: wow.  Well, actually, that’s not all I can say, because I’m about to blog about it…

editing editing editing

I took a break from The Lost Colony tonight to edit two of my short stories, The Clearest Vision and Decision LZ150207.  I want to send both of those out to contests in the near future, so I want to polish them up and send them out.  I’m really optimistic about it.

I know why Disney fights so hard to extend copyright protection

…it’s because they can’t come up with anything as good as the old stuff.  Case in point, the new movie Enchanted.  I watched it today with my family, and I couldn’t stand it.  Looking back, I probably shouldn’t have put on my headphones and turned on my mp3 player in the middle of the show… Continue reading I know why Disney fights so hard to extend copyright protection

1,584 words and I still don’t like 24

1,584 words tonight! Yay! Progress! In about 12,000 words, this will be the longest that I’ve ever made it in any novel attempt. And it only took 4 months (well, and about a year to come up with a fully matured concept for it)! All this time I’ve been writing at my friend Steve’s house.… Continue reading 1,584 words and I still don’t like 24