I don't even know how to begin describing this last week but here it goes.

Last Monday I entered Chrysalis into a Secret Agent Contest and got chosen by the random number generator. From Tuesday to Friday other participants, along with an Anonymous Agent offered critiques on the first 250 words. By the end of it, Chrysalis had fourteen comments ( Read more... )

"I read Chrysalis," my father says to me this afternoon. He's the first of the three people I've let into my written soul to get back to me. "It needs more words ( Read more... )

I have big news.

Five minutes ago, I finished my Chrysalis edits. This is why I'm a day late for my post. Last night I wasn't done and I was so close and I decided I wasn't stopping for anything. I'm actually ready to let people read my book and tell me what they think. If they've read Chrysalis before, I really want the reaction to be, "Oh my ( Read more... )

It is 3am and I'm composing a mental rant about cooties. You'd think my brain would save this for the waking hours, but no, it waited until 130am to keep me awake and angry. And reminded me that I wanted to sleep without HoKing ( Read more... )

These last few months I've rediscovered my love of origami. I learned it while I lived in Japan as a child and pick it up every few years. I've always longed to be an artist of some sort, usually through music or writing, but origami and other paper art pulls at my heart ( Read more... )

Goodness, do I believe in the power of massage therapy ( Read more... )

While my visit to Utah was full of good things (3.5 hours having an awesome dinner with Audrey!), I returned back to SoCal with a slew of biological ailments. I won't bother to regale you with too much information, but the linger dry cough is not my favorite. I'll be forced to go the doctor if it keeps up ( Read more... )

I'm having travelling adventures! This is a big week for my family so I'm away from my warm and beautiful Southern California and in schizophrenic weather of Utah Valley. So, this will be quick ( Read more... )

So. Um. I discovered Doctor Who this week.

Okay, to be honest, I discovered it about a month ago. Tumblr convinced me if I wanted to have any sort of credibility I needed to watch it. After all, the writing, the themes, the characters, had all been praised and the gif sets were very pretty. It was either Doctor Who or Sherlock. Sherlock is ( Read more... )

I didn't achieve my editing goal of Chrysalis this week and I'm trying not to be frustrated. I got through about 75 pages over about three days but it most mostly reading and not editing. My lack of success in this area lately is more than frustrating for plenty of reasons, but the main one is this ( Read more... )