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.
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.
Neuromancer by William Gibson
This novel was good. I wanted to suggest it in English 318 when we were listing sci fi / fantasy novels to read as a class. However, I knew that if I did, someone would be offended because it definitely violates honor code standards for BYU sponsored reading material. Despite some of the extremely explicit and violent content, however, this novel was one of the most incredible sci fi stories I’ve read in a long time…
Yay! And, simultaneously, uh oh!
So, I wrote 1,181 words in the novel today, just by focusing on it and getting it done, and I was really satisfied with the result! The more days I have like this, the more confident I am that this novel is working out well and that it might not completely suck by the time I finish it. However, I heard a piece of advice from Sanderson today in English 318 that made me think that I might be digging myself into a mess…
It is hard to put in 1,000 words every day!
But I did it tonight. And I know what can help with this in the future…
797 words and I’m getting loopy.
That’s approximately the word count. Didn’t quite hit the 1,000 goal, but I’m getting to that part of the night when I get REALLY loopy and REALLY tired, so I’m having trouble writing coherent sentences. Time to let the goal rest for the next time…
I HAVE THE POWER!!!!!!!!!!!
Just some stuff that I’ve been up to…
1,500 words and some struggles
So now I’m caught up to the point in my story where I wanted to be by the end of break. I sat down in the library and it just flowed out. Good stuff.
However, I’m starting to have some doubts about this story…I don’t know…
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English 318 has begun!
Yesterday was the first day of English 318 with Brandon Sanderson! I’m really excited for it! I can tell already that this is going to be a very interesting class–especially because it’s taught by someone who actually writes good fantasy, not just someone who can criticize it. Brandon is a real cool guy and I feel that there’s a lot that I can learn from him writing and publishing wise. Even just the first day has given me a lot to think about…
The Mote in God’s Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
My friend Logan picked out this book for me when we were over at Pioneer Book, the used bookstore in downtown Provo. He told me that this book is considered to be one of the best first contact stories in Science Fiction. Once I started reading it, I could see why–and by the end, I really was sad to say goodbye to this fictitious universe and the characters within it…
1,191 words and another novel idea
Tomorrow this novel will officially be my longest novel attempt. I put in another 1,191 words, but it’s not progressing as quickly as I’d like. Blah blah blah boo hoo is it really going to be as awesome on paper as it is on my mind what if it doesn’t go anywhere blah blah blah. I’m going to finish it and I really don’t need to worry about anything other than that.
Except for this: English 318, the sci fi novel writing class with Brandon Sanderson is starting in two days. What if I have to start a new novel in that class from the beginning?