Harvin found a great link for me this morning, to an online book discussion group of sorts, in which users can write blog posts, provide a link on the website, and read what others have to say. January’s book? Stephenie Meyer’s The Host. One of my favorites!
First, if you’ve never read this book, [...]
Archive for January, 2009
30 Jan
Wandering Star
26 Jan
Connections
Today, as I stood in the line at Subway, ordering my salad, I had an interesting experience. One of those moments that make me realize that life contains a really complex web of connections.
When I parked at Wal-Mart (to go to the Subway inside, by the way), a car pulled in beside me, and a [...]
22 Jan
I remember you like yesterday.
Yesterday morning, I found out (via Facebook, no less) that my friend Keri’s father had died earlier that morning. He found out last year that he had leukemia, and the last I’d heard, they thought it was in remission. It came back, and Mr. Lou was on his second round of chemo, but it was [...]
18 Jan
Playing with the Boys
This is the second assignment that I turned in for my fiction writing class. I met with my writing professor Friday afternoon to discuss this piece. She liked it–at least the characters. She gave me some very helpful suggestions on how to make it better and expand it. She also wants me to finish it…I [...]
15 Jan
Meet Virginia
This is the third assignment I’ll be turning in for my fiction writing class. It’s my favorite so far and the longest. Enjoy!
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The sun slipped beneath the horizon, and twilight arrived in the garden outside the one-story house where seven-year-old Nathan Clarke and his mother, Camille, lived. On this autumn evening in late [...]
9 Jan
Revising and Reflecting.
I had my first meeting with my writing professor this afternoon. We discussed the story I turned in earlier this week (which you can read on my previous post). She gave me some very constructive criticism, which I mostly agree with, as many were changes that I realized need to be made. The hard part [...]
7 Jan
Learning to Breathe
I’m taking an advanced tutorial fiction writing class during the month of January. We have to produce somewhere between 15 and 60 pages of fiction writing. It’s intimidating, and I’m overthinking it and stressing myself out about it. But I did manage to find something to turn in for my first assignment. I wrote it [...]
1 Jan
On Spontaneity
Today was definitely one of the most spectacular days I’ve ever had, and definitely the best New Year’s Day ever. And though I’m tired and cold, and my comfy bed beckons me, I don’t think I’ll be able to sleep until I get these words out.
Harvin, Ticcoa, Jess, and I planned a mini road trip [...]
