NaNoWriMo, Days 4,5 and 6
I apologize for not posting regularly. I have been writing regularly, but as I am still trying to adjust to married life, I have not always made the time to post my progress here. Before I post the...
View ArticleEnd of Third Semester
This semester marks my third ever semester completed. Nearly half way finished. The end of this semester especially feels of a great relief. The great burden I have carried thus far is no longer on my...
View ArticleChristmas Bells are Ringing
Christmas this year didn’t come wrapped in tinsel or bows. Christmas this year didn’t come with an enormous tree, taking up all the extra space in the living room. Christmas didn’t even come with the...
View ArticleFear or Desire?
This fortune popped up as Jacob and I moved some things around yesterday. Oddly enough, it perfectly reflects how I feel about the approaching new year. Christmas brought some of the most beautiful...
View ArticleWhat does baking a turkey and writing a book have in common?
They both require a great amount of work, and feature in today’s post. Most people cook a whole Turkey for Thanksgiving or Christmas. I cooked one for New Year’s Eve. We had seven people over for eight...
View ArticleNew Year? Not Yet.
Writer’s Block: that horrible feeling when your amazing story idea just won’t budge. The past three days, every time I go to write, this happens. This feeling doesn’t just stay with Aberon (my book...
View ArticleWhen I grow up, I wanna be a ridiculously successful author
You know, like J.K. Rowling and Suzanne Collins (and in theory like Stephanie Meyer, but honestly, I want to be nothing like her.) Confession: I will somehow make my books, my writing, reach the whole...
View ArticleUnblocked
This morning I woke up, and you know what I did? I wrote. For the first time in weeks. I only got about 600 words, but the words flowed. I had to stop because of homework and other pressures, but mark...
View ArticleExtraterrestrial
Confession: I have a ridiculous obsession with aliens. Not just Men from Mars, but just the idea of aliens. That somewhere out in the big, black sea other life forms exist and that they might be as...
View ArticleLiving and Dying For
What do you want to accomplish before you die? My answer should surprise no one. I want to share Aberon’s story with this world. For those of you who aren’t aware, Aberon is the name of the world that...
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