It's time to start looking for an agent. If I start looking now, I might actually have one by the time I finish Book 1. That would be ideal. The general consensus is that publishing houses prefer receiving polished manuscripts from agents, not authors. I suppose that makes it less likely to be a waste of their time. I can't imagine the number of ( Read more... )

I'm currently reading Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn Trilogy. I'm on the second book, Well of Ascension. I started reading Mistborn in response to learning that he had been commissioned to finish Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time.

Jordan has long been an inspiration of mine, ever since cracking open the Eye of the World for the very first time when I was ( Read more... )

That's how long it's been since I wrote an entry, or at least that's what LJ tells me ( Read more... )

Such a simple word seems so meager when using it to describe how I feel. Some people believe that love is this complex emotion. It includes this and that. It is dependant on these and those. I say that’s wrong. I think that love is the purest and simplest emotion in the world. The easiest thing I have ever done is love you.

Is it easy being with ( Read more... )

you are a whirlwind of perfection in a world of mediocrity

my nose is running ( Read more... )

A few weeks ago I dropped a pool motor on my toe. For those of you that don't know, this item weighs about 30-35 pounds. It's not surprising to learn that this event was not pleasant for me. The entire event lasted only a second, but the aftermath is still going strong ( Read more... )

I've been away for a while. Everyday is a chore. But that's not anything that you don't know. Everyone has those days. And everyone has them a million in a row ( Read more... )

A pirate walks into a bar with a steering wheel in his pocket. The bartender says, "What's with the steering wheel?" The pirate says, "AR! It's drivin' me nuts ( Read more... )

What's the difference between a sorority and the circus?
The circus is a cunning array of stunts.

What's the difference between a pickpocket and a peeping tom?
A pickpocket snatches watches.

Tada!