Well, I finished my first draft of my THIRD book today. I loved this story so much, it was awesome fun to write. The only bad news is it's 134,428 words, which is 34,428 too long! So I will have to do some serious trimming before we can sent it out to publishers. However, I think I will enjoy it as well. It was a fun book to write, and I ask that ( Read more... )

I've got some cool athletes to talk about. First off, my dad is currently 'unemployed' from Palliser. He is, instead, training on his bike and working hand-in-hand with MCF, the orphanage in Kenya. My parents are leaving tomorrow to go visit the orphanage for the first time, so pray that they have a safe trip and a good time out there! He stumbled ( Read more... )

What could possibly be better than spending a Friday evening playing ultimate frisbee in the snow and cold? Not much, I say. I love our group of friends. While so many people waste their time and money and drink their weekend away, we're not only spending it doing something free, but constructive and bonding as well. That is just incredible, I can' ( Read more... )

Well, my 6-day youth involvement streak is over, so here's how it went:

Thursday: C'n'C Bible Study

A warm-up for Tuesday, went really well. Made it through the talk, trying to improvise more stuff than when I did Door Six the last time.

Friday: Fling '06

How wicked is chucking pumpkins off a 100-foot crane and aiming for barrels full of water? Well, ( Read more... )

...we have 6 taps in our house and they might have one ( Read more... )

Well, I am just about (ten pages short) finished reading The Eye of the World, and I love it. I am super excited to delve into the next book, as long as I don't quit again like I did a year ago. They are really good books, and if you like fantasy then I would recommend them ( Read more... )

We look forward to eternity every day. When we get to heaven then we'll be immortal. We'll live forever, in God's world. But I'd like to bring forward a new idea: Forever is Now ( Read more... )

At the beginning of the year I set out to read a book a week, or 52 books in the year. Perhaps coincidentally, there are 52 cards in a deck. So, when finished each book, I wrote its name and author, as my as the date I started and finished, on the card, and sticky-tacked it to my wall. I started with the 2's, and hoped to get to the Aces by ( Read more... )

This last weekend was awesome. After work on Friday I quickly packed up. We headed out to Jean's cabin at Falcon Lake with 11 people. Mostly our Slash Night crew. We got there by 8:30ish and brought all our stuff in. We hung out and then watched "Happy Gilmore" followed by "Extreme Days." At about 1:30 at night we decided a night-time game of ( Read more... )

As a writer, I read most books from a critical viewpoint. Sometimes it's annoying, but it will always be like that for me. There are some things I like, and some things I don't. I think JK is amazing, and here's why...

Reason # 1 - Foreshadowing - It's incredible. There are names and people mentioned briefly (ie in passing) in Philosopher's Stone ( Read more... )