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I am terribly sorry for my lack of updates--school and work has completely consumed all of my free-time. I am currently two weeks into my second semester at Northern Arizona University, and I am in love. No, not in that way (actually, yes, I am, but that's not what I'm referring to); rather, I have finally started taking real English classes that are actually relevant to my major. Right now I'm

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Hunter did some art of the two main characters of Boot Hill the other day, and I'm in love. (Click to view a larger image)For those of you who don't know, on the right is the notorious gunslinger Finch (lookin' a little laid back, hehe), and that lanky thing on the left is Linds. It's quite a while before the two of them get this comfortable around each other. Like 400 pages 'quite a while.' But

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After many months of struggle and frustration, I have found my main character's voice.You owe me one, Linds. Seriously!

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So most of you might only vaguely know because Hunter mentioned it in one of her journals, but I went out to Canada to meet up with her and her sister, Alex, for a week. It was a wonderful time and a much needed vacation. Simply wonderful. There were mountains and lakes and waterfalls for miles. We drove and drove and drove from Calgary, AB all the way to Vancouver Island, BC and back in 6 days.

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The already infamous Wall Street Journal article has made its rounds to me this fine evening. For those of you who haven't heard: the above article was written on June 4th--just yesterday--and has received a huge backlash from the online young adult community. In short, the article discusses the moral degradation of young adult literature. The article's author deems much of the current YA

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Over the past few weeks I've been unsettled. I'm not really sure why, but it's posing a problem. Though I've tried, I haven't been able to sit down and read a book straight through, or sit down and write more than a couple sentences at any given time. Nothing seems to hold my interest right now, and it's absolutely frustrating.I have the time to write and to read. I have a lot of spare time this

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So I haven't been updating my blog as much as I had initially hoped, but first things first: I spilled water on my laptop and the keyboard has been out of commission for the past week or so. $145 later my computer is back up and running. But that's been the main source of my inactivity.The second source of my inactivity is an admission: I'm stuck, and haven't been writing. No, let me rephrase

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As some of you may know, I work retail at a bookstore.Just five minutes before closing tonight, I spotted a young woman at the audio book wall, who looked a bit perplexed. I walked over to her and asked if she needed help finding anything. She paused, bit her bottom lip as if contemplating what to say, and then said, "Maybe you can help me. Do you have any recommendations for audio books that

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I should be writing but I'm not.I've been distracted with that little thing called life for the past few days. Still, I don't feel bad about not writing too much; I broke 1,000 words on chapter two at the very least, and I plan on finishing the chapter by the end of today if all goes according to plan. Hooray for having the next two days off of work!All in all, I feel much better for at least

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Yesterday, I wrote 500 words.It doesn't seem like much, I know, but when you take into consideration the 4+ months of 0 words total (not including some editing/rewriting of chapter one, originally written in November), this is quite a feat for me. It's helping me realize how out of practice and neglectful I've been. Not a good feeling.But on the plus side, I'm getting excited for what this story

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Today was supposed to be the day I started work on re-writing Boot Hill.However, when I got home from the day job today, I realized that this humble little blog needed some attention because it looked like, well, shit.So, five hours later, and this is what I have to show for my time. I know, pathetic, right? But it'll be worth it in the long run! I've already given myself justification for

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