Arma virumque cano

There's some Vergil for you. Now you can say, "I read some Vergil today," and sound totally awesome. If you want to sound even more awesome you should know that that means, "I sing of weapons and a man," which, in my opinion, are pretty legit things to be singing about.

I am taking three dead languages this term. It is...wearying, but fascinating. On the fascinating side, I found out there's a graduate program at my school for ancient languages. Should I do it? Idk. But it's a possibility. Anyway, for the last week and a half I have been primarily reading "The Dream of the Rood" in Old English, The Aeneid in Latin, and the Icelandic sagas in Old Norse. Yeah, no big deal, I'm reading Old Norse. *insufferably smug*

I am also reading through my friends' 2010 Nanos, which is hugely entertaining. So between those and ancient poems, I am pretty busy, reading-wise. I'm also working on my first graphic novel of the year, Mad With Wonder, and the LotR read-a-along

I will post a review of I Am Number Four, hopefully soon. Also White Cat.

Writing-wise I am.....well, writing. Which counts for something. I've written a short story already this year, "Annie and the Ocean of Hands" which was all right. I'm also working on Saulos' backstory/futurestory, because it's insanely fun. His life is SO psychotic and lolzy. Uhhhm I'm also thinking about (haha) working on "Drem" some more. I think my main writing goal should be to finish a second draft of "Drem" this year. Blargle.

For any English lit nerds out there, has anyone else noticed how trendy The Tempest is lately? Everyone's reading it. I'm reading it in my lit crit class, and I read it in my Shakespeare class last year, and Advanced Shakespeare is reading it this year, and they're making the movie, and...WUT? I don't even like that play, much. Completely personal opinion. But is anyone else noticing the trendiness?

Winter Pen Olympics: Day 6

Daily wordcount: 2,111

Scenes: 4.2

PWNZED IN THE FACE.

Finally hit my stride today (or something). There was battles, magic, epic torture, and heart-to-heart conversations.

I was also randomly inspired by a single line in a song that I hate? It was on the radio, and I heard the line and I was like ZOMG I UNDERSTAND YOU NOW MYRA. Lolz.

Winter Pen Olympics: Day 5

Daily wordcount: 487

Lolz I failed today! But to be fair, I THOUGHT a lot about my plot and how this is all going to go...I'm feeling very discouraged with this novel because somehow, without me noticing, it's become VERY unfocused (i.e. PLOTLESS) and I don't know how to get from where I am to the end. Sigh.

But Drem is behaving beautifully, as always. ^_^ I like that kid. That's probably my PROBLEM. I need to start DESTROYING him but I like him too much. Bleh. STUPID DREM I WILL MAKE YOU BLEED.

Winter Pen Olympics: Days 3 & 4

I seriously have no idea how this story is going to end. Or continue. Or really anything.

"You're just making it up as you go along!"

"But I do it brilliantly."

Day 3: No words.

Day 4:

Daily wordcount: 1021

Total wordcount: 3075

Scenes: 4

Notes: My characters are very, very cold. And Myra isn't here. I thought she would be, but she's not. Everyone ELSE is though so it's okay. And they're going to pwn faces with sharp sticks.

Also, I wrote a large-ish outline (250 words! lolz!) for the rest of the novel...I was having so many plot problems I literally couldn't write another word till I figured stuff out. But I think what I have will work, as long as "then they beat the small army" doesn't take too long. Heh.

Winter Pen Olympics: Day 2

Daily wordcount: 1065

Total wordcount: 2054

Scenes: 2

Progress made: Well on the way to establishing the next arc.

Notes: omfjam two of my favorite characters have RETURNED. :D Hint: they're both very good with swords. And I want to nom them.

Winter Pen Olympics: Day 1

Daily wordcount: 989

Total wordcount: 989

Scenes: 3

Progress made: I ended "Part 1" of the three parts of the novel, so now I get to skip ahead 5 years, plot-wise. Yay!

Notes: I like Drem's horse and am fond of randomly inserting scenes with her. Also, Byrn is getting more serious. :( Poor Byrn. Has to be all responsible.

Winter. Pen. Olympics.

Greetings.

I have taken up this challenge, which is basically...any challenge that I set myself. Which sounds good. The challenge is Feb. 12-28, so it STARTS TOMORROW so get on it.

I'm on Team Fiction, and in Drafting Events, and am planning on 17k written on Drem. :D

Comment if you are doing it as well. I will try and post daily updates since I've been failing at writing and blogging for so long.

Day 1 and I'm already using Write or Die?

This is a bad omen.



Total wordcount: 2843

I should mention that I'm not doing "The Missing Door" after all. I started outlining at last only a few days ago, and decided that Stargate has invaded my brain too much for me to be able to write that at all. I also didn't want to try Dimension Tournament because of the popularity of a certain book called The Hunger Games. My other options were Eros/Psyche retelling and HHNF sequel, both of which require a lot of research. So I'm doing Drem, the companion story to Wyrd, instead. :D