I met up with John yesterday afternoon. I didn't check the days or anything, but I'm pretty sure I've gotten one year of his mentorship. We've got the rhythm down now. I gave him a bit of Chapter 10, because I was struggling with writing Chapter 6. My writing is still a little askew: I need to use the Objective Correlative instead of sledge- ( Read more... )

I saw Me and You and Everyone We Know tonight at Danielle and Dave's. It's a great film. Beforehand I was debating whether I'd spend the night watching a film or doing something else. I asked Danielle what the movie was like or about. She explained it: "it's like a lighthearted semi-pisstake version of I heart huckabees". The reviews suggested it ( Read more... )

So long story short, a friend and I are going to have a Mills and Boon battle. She reckons she can write trashy Mills and Boon better than I can. I defied such an assertion and so the battle's on ( Read more... )

Yesterday was a day of little achievements. I played basketball, did some good work at the factory, thought up a bunch of good ideas for a project of mine, and programmed one of the last bits I needed to do in order to make corrections for my PhD thesis. The program has some small bugs which I'd like to sort out later tonight. Fingers crossed I'll ( Read more... )

Yet another of my weird ideas lately is to apply for a writing mentorship. Specifically, I'd like to enter this contest. Although I don't have 3 sample chapters of Breathe, I do have 3 sample chapters of Experimental Theatre, which is basically a companion to Breathe. (For those just joining us, Breathe is the novel I've been working on for years. ( Read more... )