This last week has been somewhat frustrating. Started it off well, with good progress in my story, but early on in the week, all kinds of assignments started piling onto me–stuff that I should have seen coming, but have been putting off ’til the last minute (as usual). It didn’t help that I just discovered… Continue reading A slow spot
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
Breaking 1,000
I broke 1,000 words today! Yay! That’s my daily wordcount goal from here on out, so it was good to reach it. Also, the story is coming along nicely. I can see how my original idea for the scene that was giving me trouble just wasn’t fleshed out enough. If I’d have gone with it,… Continue reading Breaking 1,000
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…
Just discovered Pandora Radio
Dude–you know how Jane from Speaker of the Dead was born from the interactive, self-writing game at the battle school? What if the first sentient AI is born from Pandora Radio? It just keeps getting better and better the longer you listen!
It’s up!
If you look off to the sidebar on your right, you might notice the two incredibly awesome meters off to the side. Aren’t they freaking awesome?? Drek programmed those and helped me install them on my website! They show my writing progress for the last day and the last seven days. The number on the… Continue reading It’s up!
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
A change of direction?
I had a chat with Aneeka yesterday about writing. She was in London waiting to catch the bus to Scotland at around 4:00 am or so (jealous!), and I was winding down a frustratingly unproductive day. I told her how I’m trying to divide my attention between two different projects, and she had some interesting… Continue reading A change of direction?
Speciation of the sexes–what the crap is this?
Ok, I just had a crazy idea come to me like five minutes ago, and since I’m here at my computer, I’m going to write it down. You know how we sometimes say that men and women are practically members of two different species? Well, what would an alien race look like if that were… Continue reading Speciation of the sexes–what the crap is this?