And it’s late tonight, but I don’t have anything until 10 am. Just another update on things.
Tag: College Life
If I haven’t been blogging…
…it’s probably because I’ve been writing. So here’s a quick update before I do today’s 1k:
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…
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…
Thank goodness it’s Friday!
Yes! Thank goodness! Got out of class at two and, after taking care of some chores and stuff, went down to the Provo library for a good two or three hours and just wrote in my novel. It was definitely a lot cooler than anything else I could have done…
Recap on Life, The Universe, and Everything
Yes, BYU had its annual sci fi con–er, symposium–this weekend! It was pretty freaking awesome! We had Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn, Elantris), Gail Carson Levine (Ella Enchanted), and Orson Scott Card (Ender’s Game) as some of the main speakers, plus Kevin Wasden who’s a famous illustrator, Eric James Stone who makes it out to Quark writing meetings occasionally, and Howard Taylor, who writes the webcomic Schlock Mercenary. There were also all kinds of other cool LDS writers there who had some pretty awesome things to say–unfortunately, I didn’t recognize most of the names, but it was really fun to listen to them! Here are some of my thoughts and reactions from the symposium…