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…
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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:
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…
Twilight: preliminary thoughts
So, I’m reading Twilight by Stephanie Meyers, to try and figure out what makes this book work. It’s been a really interesting experience so far, but I’m starting to understand why Brandon Sanderson called it “a book for 14 year old girls, or anyone who’s ever been a 14 year old girl.” It hearkens back to a conversation I had with a friend about monkeys and computers…
You Make My Day award
A couple of weeks ago, Riegheena and Gamila both gave me this award, which is kind of nice–I’ve never gotten a blogging award before. The tradition is to hand off the award to a bunch of other bloggers by linking to them, so I picked a few of the blogs that I enjoy to read / look at, and thought I’d link to them here.
President’s Day Challenge
There are no classes Monday, so I think I’m going to do something crazy. I’m going to write 10,000 words in the next two days, and do it from at least six different places. LTUE this year has really got me pumped up to work on this novel, and I’m going to take advantage of the break to make some progress! So, if you want to be crazy like me, you can join me in the challenge. I’ll let you know how it goes!
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
I wanted to read one of the books that was written right around the time when science fiction as a genre was just starting to form, so I decided to read this classic by Jules Verne. Even though I knew the story already, it was fairly enjoyable to read, and I noticed a few things in it that are typical of the genre even today…
Thoughts on The Little Mermaid
I had this great idea for a story the other day, and it sounded a lot like Hans Christian Anderson’s The Little Mermaid, so I decided to read it (the original, of course) to see what the story is like. Having read it, I can definitely see why it is considered to be a classic–and how it could motivate people to build a statue in honor of it…
Hinckley Challenge
I don’t usually participate in this kind of stuff, but a group of people are getting together online to commemorate President Gordon B. Hinckley’s life by pledging to read the Book of Mormon in 97 days, starting this Monday. President Hinckley was an incredible man and his teachings and leadership profoundly affected my life. Like all church presidents, he constantly encouraged the rest of us to read the Book of Mormon, and I feel that he would be pleased that people are commemorating him by doing just that. If you would care to join me, you can follow the link below:
Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
In English 318 at BYU, every time somebody mentions Scalzi’s name, Brandon Sanderson (who teaches the class) counts to three, raises his fists and shouts out “Scalzi!” in this voice that makes it clear that he’s cursing his name. Why? Because he beat him to some kind of award or something. But Scalzi is definitely a good writer, not only because Sanderson chose Old Man’s War as one of our “textbooks” for his class, but because he wrote a sci fi book that sold better than most fantasy books, in a time when the genre has been experiencing a downturn. And he is a good writer; I thoroughly enjoyed his book…