The hardest part of a rejection is waiting for it... I'm at the point where it's been long enough that I'm starting to think they might accept it. Which, if untrue, will make the rejection more sad than it usually is. Also, I have to keep waiting before I can send it somewhere else!
Finished!
I completed a draft of the novel I've been working on since April! And... it's not a novel, coming in at only around 33,000 words. Well, that's where it ended, so that's what it is. I may even end up cutting some, as I rambled quite a lot in the beginning. It feels amazing to …
Star Trek: Discovery, episode 2
There were definite moments during this one, where I felt emotional, and excited, and interested. But in the end I was left heaving a big sigh. This is star TREK, people! Not star WAR. I am so sick of war. I'm bored and tired and tired and bored. Everything is about war and destruction and …
Enduring stories
I just got some tickets to see The Princess Bride in my local theater for its 30th anniversary, and it has me wondering, what makes some stories stick around and stay loved over the years, and others fade away to nothing? It's definitely not the 'graphics' or 'effects'... yet this is what hollywood spends 90% of …
Leveled up
I feel like I've gained a new writing power--the power to do multiple things. I wrote two short stories in the past week, and went back to my novel without a problem. In the past, whenever I paused anything, even for a short while, to do something else, I'd lose all interest and never go …
Jonas David 