This author’s note originally appeared in the January 10th edition of my email newsletter. To sign up for my newsletter, click here. So right after we got home from the holidays, Mrs. Vasicek had her ultrasound, and we found out that we’re having a baby girl! We are super excited! She looks really healthy so… Continue reading 2020-01-10 Newsletter Author’s Note
Tag: character names
BSH blog tour and other random updates
Just a few things to get out of the way before returning to other things: I’ve started the blog tour for Bringing Stella Home, and the first post was on my friend Kindal’s blog; you can find it here. He asked me to blog about music and writing, so I shared some of my thoughts… Continue reading BSH blog tour and other random updates
Looking for alpha readers and planning the next project
Worlds Away from Home 2.1 is going along well. I had a hard time switching from Bringing Stella Home back to this other project, but I’ve got some good momentum going and assuming no major interruptions, should be able to do about 3k words a day for the rest of the week. Then again, if… Continue reading Looking for alpha readers and planning the next project
الثريا والرواية
So today I was working on my novel, Worlds Away from Home, and I decided to change the name of a minor character from “Soroya” to something that sounds cooler. I’d given the rest of her family Arabic-sounding names, because they’re basically far-future Arabs living on another planet (their tribal name is Najmi (نجمي), which… Continue reading الثريا والرواية
Semester endgame
Seven days! Seven days! And then the semester is over! Hallelujah! Unfortunately, in the course of those seven days, I’ve got three major papers to write. It’s going to suck. But then it’s over! Thank goodness. This semester has been pretty crazy–not in terms of work, but in terms of motivation. A lot of the… Continue reading Semester endgame