Tag: first readers

Career chat at high tea

So my Turkish supervisor at WINEP took us new interns (all four of us) out to the Mayflower hotel last week for high tea, where we talked about how things have been going for us at the institute so far.  It was interesting–the first time this Mormon boy has been out to tea, particularly in… Continue reading Career chat at high tea

Stuck in a scene

I’ve been stuck in the same scene the whole week, and I really wish I could get it over with so that I could move on to other stuff.  What that other stuff is, exactly, I don’t know, but I’m eager to find out. I don’t plan things out much when I write.  Usually, when… Continue reading Stuck in a scene

Bringing Stella Home 2.0 is finished!

Just in time for the new year, too!  I finished it at approximately 11:25 pm on New Year’s eve 2010.  Here’s the breakdown: ms pages: 491 words: 136,095 file size: 1,869 KB chapters: 30 start date: 14 July 2009 end date: 31 December 2009 And the wordle image: I’m glad to have it finished. It’s… Continue reading Bringing Stella Home 2.0 is finished!

Genesis Earth 4.0 is complete!

And it’s about time. I started this back in September, thinking I could easily get it done before World Fantasy 2009. More than a month after the convention, and five days after the last self-imposed deadline, it’s done! Alright, here are the stats: ms pages: 270 words: 73,009 file size: 492 KB chapters: 16, prologue… Continue reading Genesis Earth 4.0 is complete!

Thank you readers

I appreciate my first readers very much, even when it hurts.  Especially when it hurts. Today I got the comments back from a longtime Quarkie friend on Genesis Earth, and she told me that, in her opinion, the book still needs a lot of work.  However, she made it very clear when (and why) she was bored,… Continue reading Thank you readers

Breaking 90k and other mundane excitements

(I almost always have trouble figuring out titles for these blogs posts.  I mean, my writing life isn’t all that exciting–I just write.  Check out my study abroad blog from last year for true (if old) excitement). I broke 90k words in Bringing Stella Home today.  According to my goal of 120k, that’s the 3/4 mark.… Continue reading Breaking 90k and other mundane excitements

Almost done!

Yay!  I’m almost done with Genesis Earth 2.0!  6k words of revision done today, bringing the project up to 95% complete.  Just the final scene of the final chapter, and then the epilogue, and she’s done! (Well, at least the second draft is done.  She’s probably going to need a lot more work after that, but… Continue reading Almost done!

Miscellaneous news updates

I’m so bad at writing catchy titles for my blog posts.  CORRECTION: I can come up with catchy, sexy, exciting titles for my blog posts, it’s just that the first one that comes to mind is always dull and uninteresting.  Well, too bad.  To quote my mother: “suffer!” Item One: State of the summer plans Real… Continue reading Miscellaneous news updates

Revision, revision, revision

I finished revising chapter 6 of Genesis Earth today. It took a lot more time and effort than I’d expected. Even though I’d revised half the chapter yesterday, I started from the beginning and changed a lot of the other revisions I’d made. I think this version is stronger, but I’m not sure how it’ll… Continue reading Revision, revision, revision