Well, I'm still watching. This episode, once again, keeps dragging me along like an abusive relationship. I get a little hint of interesting in that the deadly creature in the Captain's chambers is somehow a giant Tardigrade. This is a super cool idea because Tardigrades are super interesting and I don't think I've seen a Tardigrade …
Rejection
I often feel like I'm in an unresolved quantum state of love/hate toward my own writing. It fluctuates so quickly sometimes that I can't even read it. Nothing cures that like a rejection. Rejections magnify all faults and mute all positives. Now, maybe I can actually look at this story long enough to work on …
More word peeves
Here are a couple more things people do with words that annoy me! Writing voila as wala: Of course one might leave the accent off foreign words when typing them, but this is just too much. Saying you could care less when you mean you couldn't care less: Saying you COULD care less means that …
Waiting
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!
Exploring
Writing a story based in a city I've never been in is interesting, and fun. I wonder how writers did it before the age of the internet. I can drop down into the streets and virtually walk them to get a feel for the city. I can look up bars and restaurants and read reviews …
Jonas David 