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  • Missed My Class

    So last night, I was just too exhausted and feeling under the weather from a wet and cold weekend in Kingston, that I missed my class. Thankfully, I was smart enough to e-mail my teacher before I hit the sack to try to recover. I found out though that I have more time to get Read more

  • Fifth Challenge in Writing Course

    This challenge was one where we had to use the following elements in our scenes: a ringing phone, a sealed envelope, a unidentifiable sound, two men in orange sneakers, a rare bird, a broken clock. Read more

  • Fourth Challenge in Writing Course

    Our latest prompt is the first line of dialog below. We had to continue the scene from there. I found this the hardest so far. Read more

  • Protected: Creative Darkness Premise

    There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. Read more

  • Homework

    So my writing course comes with homework, and this week it was to come up with a premise for the novel I will be working on. I’ve decided to take a mix of fact and fantasy based on my life experiences. I will be handing in this premise tomorrow in hopes that the teacher thinks Read more

  • Eating Healthy: Frustration and Reaction

    So as many of you might have noticed, I’ve stopped my one pound per week project. I hope to get back into losing weight, but I’m super frustrated with the idea of eating healthy. It looks like everything I enjoy is bad for me. Every diet/no-sugar/low-fat product comes with its own side effects, and I’m Read more

  • Warhammer with Barry, Jo and Friends

    So recently, Barry had a Warhammer 40k tournament at his place, and I was in attendance. I, unfortunately, had to play Space Marines, as it was an Imperium vs Chaos game. I am more comfortable with Tyranids. It was a great event though, with three large tables set up and what must have been almost Read more

  • Dan and I

    One of the things I realized when my brother came to visit me in Brockville is that he and I have so much in common, more than I ever thought was possible. Dan and I, have never been as close as we probably should be. It always felt like I was heading in one direction Read more

  • Bought a New Computer

    So recently, my brother came to Brockville. I had been considering upgrading some of the parts in my computer, but the requirements of the parts were such that I`d need to replace many parts. And so, my nearly three year old computer was getting to the point where upgrading it would be too much trouble. Read more

  • Third Challenge in Writing Course

    The third prompt was given to the entire class. The previous prompts were randomly selected and were unique to each of us. It was interesting to see us all deal with the same prompt and the different stories and writing styles we’d come up with. The prompt was: fired from her job after getting the Read more

  • Second Challenge in Writing Course

    My second prompt is the first bit of dialog in the story below. No other prompts to help me write. Read more

  • First Challenge in Writing Course

    So we were given random papers today to write a quick story based on a prompt. Mine was “write about a noise or a silence that won’t go away.” Here’s what I came up with… Read more