Love’s Labour: Ludicrous?
I hate writing love scenes. No, I don’t mean sex scenes; I usually just avoid those altogether. I mean that moment in the story (which is about something else) when…
A Hodge Podge Update
I have no single coherent thought right now, but there are multiple things that I can cover all at once. For starters, job hunt is going but not yet completed.…
Moving Right Along
My writing continues to move along at a good pace. I feel excited and energized, but I try not to get too carried away in a big fit of productivity…
The Difficulty of Talking About Writing
A friend and I have been slowly exchanging stories and ideas over the past two weeks, and today I finally took the plunge and actually began to talk about how…
More Than You Ever Wanted to Know About Writing
I haven't had a lot of time for writing this summer between school and everything else, nor have I felt particularly inspired to write anything, especially not on Desire the…
Cultural Anthropology
So tonight I had the first meeting of my second summer session class, and I can't say that I was terribly impressed by the teacher. The class might still turn…
Love Me, Love My Learning
I must admit: I have been a little reluctant to write a new entry in this journal for several days now because every time I logged into Movable Type, I…
I Just Can’t Be Angry
Whew. I need a break from trying to write for a while. This is incredibly slow going and I am really frustrated with how things are progressing. If there's one…
Writer’s Block Glut
I don't know how I'm ever going to keep all of these stories straight in my head. I keep trying to write down notes to keep track of it all,…
Sacred Space
While I was growing up, my parents always had one room of our current house or apartment set apart from the rest. This room was always quiet, kept in a…