Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Hey there, good lookin'. Again.
I've missed you guys. Sorry I've been MIA, but I'll do my best to catch up on all your lives soon. :) But tell me, how are all of you?
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Time, Excuses, and Writing
Right now, it's the summer. I can't tell. I'm still taking a class each term, working ~34 hours/week, and trying to do things for my fraternity office, find a PhD program I like (I've figured out exactly what I want to study/teach, so that's a bonus), study for my MA comprehensive exam as well as the GRE English subject test, and research/plan my thesis. In the fall, things are really going to get interesting...
My problem is that I keep thinking about my characters and my stories. I want to work on them. I want to get them finished and sent off to publishers. I want to see them in stores. But at this point all I have is self-doubt. I could carve out time for it; I'm sure I could. Only every time I start going down that train of thoughts I hit this wall that tells me I'm not good enough a writer to be published, that I'll never finish anything worth reading, that I have no clue what I'm doing and I shouldn't even bother, that I should just stick to school because I can actually do that.
Funny how we always want to blame time for the things we don't get done, isn't it? Yes, I'm short on time, incredibly short on time, but if I had the confidence in myself and my work, I'd do a better job of prioritizing and making room for my characters and their stories, for improving my craft. But even admitting that, I don't know where to go from here. I can't write when I feel like every word is crap and that it's always going to be crap. I can't edit when it feels pointless. So I don't. Because I don't even feel like I have betas any more or crit partners, and that's my own fault, too.
*sigh* Balls, this life stuff is hard.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Hello there, good lookin'!
I hope all of your writing has been going well and that many of you are landing agents and making book deals. The Universe knows you all deserve it! I've been away from writing for a little while now, trying to focus on school and such, but I think it's time to jump back in and rip TSA to pieces (again) and finish the first draft of my ghostly twins novel. On an academic note, I'll be starting work on my Master's Thesis this summer; I'm super excited because I'll be writing about YA literature, specifically Matched, The Hunger Games, and Divergent. It's all about love in YA dystopias and the difference between older/adult dystopias and YA dystopias. So I've been writing, just for a different audience, haha.
Well, I'm currently at work and must get back to it, but I hope you're all having a fabulous summer. And please, do tell me how you are. :)
Friday, January 20, 2012
Review: Fracture
Age Group: Young Adult
Published: January 17, 2012 by Walker Children's
Format: eARC, 272 pgs.
Source: NetGalley
Description:
Eleven minutes passed before Delaney Maxwell was pulled from the icy waters of a Maine lake by her best friend Decker Phillips. By then her heart had stopped beating. Her brain had stopped working. She was dead. And yet she somehow defied medical precedent to come back seemingly fine
—despite the scans that showed significant brain damage. Everyone wants Delaney to be all right, but she knows she's far from normal. Pulled by strange sensations she can't control or explain, Delaney finds herself drawn to the dying. Is her altered brain now predicting death, or causing it?
Then Delaney meets Troy Varga, who recently emerged from a coma with similar abilities. At first she's reassured to find someone who understands the strangeness of her new existence, but Delaney soon discovers that Troy's motives aren't quite what she thought. Is their gift a miracle, a freak of nature-or something much more frightening?
For fans of best-sellers like Before I Fall and If I Stay, this is a fascinating and heart-rending story about love and friendship and the fine line between life and death.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Review: Touch of Power
Age Group: Adult
Published: December 20, 2011 by Mira
Format: eARC, 394 pgs
Source: NetGalley
Laying hands upon the injured and dying, Avry of Kazan absorbs their wounds and diseases into herself. But rather than being honored for her skills, she is hunted. Healers like Avry are accused of spreading the plague that has decimated the Fifteen Realms, leaving the survivors in a state of chaos.
Stressed and tired from hiding, Avry is abducted by a band of rogues who, shockingly, value her gift above the golden bounty offered for her capture. Their leader, an enigmatic captor-protector with powers of his own, is unequivocal in his demands: Avry must heal a plague-stricken prince—leader of a campaign against her people. As they traverse the daunting Nine Mountains, beset by mercenaries and magical dangers, Avry must decide who is worth healing and what is worth dying for. Because the price of peace may well be her life...
Mini-Review: A fast and fun read full of magic, adventure, and unforgettable characters.
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