…it’s probably because I’ve been writing. So here’s a quick update before I do today’s 1k:
Author: Joe Vasicek
Joe Vasicek is the author of more than twenty science fiction books, including the Star Wanderers and Sons of the Starfarers series. As a young man, he studied Arabic and traveled across the Middle East and the Caucasus. He claims Utah as his home.
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
I’ve always wanted to read a romance, just because I know so little about that particular genre. Most of the time, though, the people around me would talk me out of it (“Romances are so slutty and gross! You don’t want to read one of those!”). However, a lot of people recommended that I read Twilight, so I decided that now would be a good time to pick it up and see what’s going on in this genre that I know so little about…
The writing’s not coming so easy
Yeah, and it’s kind of annoying…
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…
Getting your story critiqued in front of class
So, I showed up to Sanderson’s class yesterday, and before the class started he turned to me and said “would you mind if I critiqued your submission this week in front of the class?”
Not a lot of progress…
Just another update on my life and my writing…
A really cool idea I had
In a few words: a religion with robot priests. Since I thought you might find the story of how I came up with the idea even more than the idea itself, here’s how it popped into my head:
Why did I waste a perfectly good weekend?
This is going to be a quick rant because I need to get some sleep…
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…
The Lost Colony to be submitted by May!
We had an interesting lecture today in English 318–Brandon explained the format of the final to us, and part of the final is that we actually submit something we’ve been writing to a professional publisher! So, now not only will I finish this novel by the end of the semester, but I’ll be sending it out as well! And, you know what? It’s amazing how pumped up and terrified that makes me feel…