My old blog background was starting to get old, so I decided to change it. What do you guys think of the new one? Is it too busy and distracting, or do you think it works? The image, by the way, is of the Greater Carina Nebula, taken from NASA’s excellent Astronomy Picture of the… Continue reading New Background
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Forward to new ground
A couple days ago, I finished writing through the material I’d written for Worlds Away From Home back in 2008 before I dropped the project. For the first time since March, I find myself drafting entirely new material. It’s a little bit unnerving; I’m a much better reviser, I feel, than straight up writer. Revising… Continue reading Forward to new ground
The wilderness is calling me…
…and I’m kind of hesitant to answer. Four years ago, my sister went through Wilderness Quest, a wilderness therapy organization based in Monticello, Utah. At the end of the program, I went down with my whole family for family therapy. The experience was incredible–intense, emotional, and very life changing for all of us. Fast forward… Continue reading The wilderness is calling me…
Newsvomit
Alright, before I collapse from exhaustion and call it a night, here’s what’s up. Today, I wrote more than 3k words in the revision of Bringing Stella Home (I’m going to change that title soon–I’ve got a new working title, but I don’t know what I think about it). The whole time, though, it felt… Continue reading Newsvomit
Need new title
I need a new title for Bringing Stella Home. As you can probably tell, the current one just isn’t quite good enough. Got any suggestions? I was thinking of something that combines the words “fire” and “salvation,” but I haven’t come up with anything cool yet. If you’ve got any better ideas, please let me… Continue reading Need new title
Writing the synopsis
Ugh. It’s so hard to write synopses. I spent all my free time tonight writing one, so it doesn’t look like I’m going to get more than a couple hundred words (if that) in To Search the Starry Sea. It’s a necessary evil, though–so many agents and editors require it. Now that I’ve got a one-page… Continue reading Writing the synopsis
Quick worldbuilding question
For To Search the Starry Sea, I’m writing from the point of view of a far future starfaring culture completely independent of Earth. They’ve preserved our concepts of “hour,” “day,” and “year,” but these units of time do not correlate in any way with the revolutions of the worlds on which they live (basically, a… Continue reading Quick worldbuilding question
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