Today has been a grim day.

Why?

First, and probably least importantly, MuggleNet announced Alexander Desplat will compose the score for DEATHLY HALLOWS: Part I. Which may not sound all that earth-shattering, but I must say my hopes were set on John Williams. *Sigh* Oh well.

Second, exams are this week, which are never fun. But those don't matter much ( Read more... )

Holy crow--a new year already? It came so quickly, but maybe that's just because I was out of town for New Years' and this break is turning out to be nothing like a break. Exasperation prevails...

Anyways, 2010 feels like an awesome number--just...absolutely awesome, and I can tell it's going to be a great year. Because I can. And I have goals.

Ah, ( Read more... )

Book: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Pages: 309 (Decrepit Paperback)
Genre: Fantasy

Review: What can I say? This is my Book of all Books (well, the entire series, to tell the truth), and the first one that cropped up when God said, "Let there be fandoms!" I could go on and on--I wouldn't be a writer today if it weren't for ( Read more... )

So I'm posting because I'm procrastinating--not that big of a deal, right? And I'm only allowing myself to procrastinate because I have reached the day's goal--which happens to be 20,000 words!

It didn't hit me until after I typed the 20,003rd word and ditzed about Twitter and went to get supper with my brother that I started this novel on ( Read more... )

49237 / 100000 words. 49% done!

Isn't it handsome? I've been quite productive lately, it feels like--even though the count doesn't show it as much as I feel it, as some of the scenes written since the last update (one in particular) were ridiculously long (and will no doubt have to be later chopped down) and grueling. I tell you, sometimes it's ( Read more... )

I strolled over to Fanfiction.net today, just for kicks and giggles, and I thought now would be an appropriate time for a rant on fanfic, seeing as I have absolutely nothing better to do.

To me, fanfiction seems despicable. How? How could someone trash the work into which the actual author put so much bloodandsweatandtears? How could someone ( Read more... )