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  • Finding One’s Voice Again

    Due to everything that has happened, finding my voice again for this blog has been a struggle – mostly due to the lack of Internet access I’ve had for awhile. To tie into that idea, I’ll talk a bit about how I spent several months unable to write much of anything.  A writing block of… Continue reading

  • College Graduate

    As of Saturday, I sat through the official ceremony proclaiming my graduation.  The only significant moment was when I tripped down the center stairs, after shaking the university president’s hand, and tumbled into the department head of my major.  Thankfully, people in the audience assumed we were hugging, but the physics department head and I… Continue reading

  • University Student

    I graduate May 5th from my University. The month of April has consumed my life with projects, musical compositions, tests, and making sure the final details of my degree is in perfect order for graduation. So this blog is on a temporary hiatus until May. The world-building entries were simply taking me too long, but… Continue reading

  • Real Life Update

    I have not been able to post due to time constraints lately.  I have been fighting to save my university from budget cuts. Please visit the following sites to read some information pertaining to this: https://sites.google.com/site/uniphysicsfacts/homeStudents sit-in protest of cuts. There are even more programs threatening to be cut: Des Moines Register exclusive: Eighty-plus programs… Continue reading

  • Life Update

    Due to recovery from illness – despite that lovely trip to the ocean! – I am still planning the next set of blog entries. I try to do a bit of research for each, especially if they are focused on world-building, since providing evidence and/or resources is always helpful for a writer. My recovery however… Continue reading

  • Return from the Abyss

    I have returned from vacation only to fall ill with a fairly serious virus that left me bedridden for several days. Because of this, I haven’t been able to update this blog at all. However, I hope to rectify this today, now that I feel well enough to go back to my studies! My adventures… Continue reading

  • Versatile

    A few days ago, I received this award from a writing friend.  I’m surprised and  honored that he thought of me, and so I’ll play the game.  However, since it seems a bit like the blogger’s version of a chain letter, the blogs that I link in the final two rules will be a comprehensive… Continue reading

  • Introducing the Author

    Come, friend, sit down at the fire with me. Let us drink tea and talk. Oh, you wish for an introduction? Let me see.  The road I walk is rarely traveled, yet it takes me through groves of trees, over wind-swept seas, across searing deserts, to the highland steppes, and there at the peak of… Continue reading