Explanation of title: Today I tried sushi for the first time. It's Sarah and Gabe's two-year anniversary, and they went to a Japanese steakhouse of all places, where they ordered sushi of all things, and they generously allowed me to eat some of their leftovers. Not sure what everything was, but it was certainly tasty! People say that sushi is an acquired taste, but I liked it right away. Now I wish I could go to a sushi bar, but that's unlikely.
Anyway, today was my last day of school. WHOOT! Until after Sarah's wedding, I don't even have to think about RCC anymore! All my finals are finished, all my papers graded, all my LAC timesheets signed, all my financial aid forms processed. And -- surprise -- today I found out that I'm getting an extra scholarship for English class this summer. YAY!
Now I have more time to devote to writing (if only I could do it on my own computer, though.) And today I took on the Story-A-Day challenge at FM. So we'll see how that turns out.
Bad news: Paramnesia is currently in the middle of a dreaded purpose crisis. You know, when you ask yourself why am I writing this and you don't have an easy answer? Not good. This endangers the entire project. Gavin, Kelsey, and Mara are sitting on the edge of their seats, biting their nails...
Good news: Because of the purpose crisis, I can now focus more on the Homeland trilogy, which is more meaningful and rewarding to me now than it was two years ago. And the political intrigue I've been layering into the story is really keeping me hyped up. Two years ago, I would never have dreamed of putting politics in a fantasy story, but now, my story line has more humanity and more versimilitude. It's almost beginning to remind me of the Star Wars prequels, actually -- how the political threads of the story are so intricately braided into the more mythical, spiritual threads. They coexist, they're symbiotic, without one, the other lacks depth. The two storylines in Homeland are becoming more and more connected and meaningful. Moral of the paragraph: Don't dismiss politics in fantasy stories -- it's awesome!
My eyes just dropped shut for the fourth time since beginning this entry. Good signal to go to sleep. Good night, world!
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Hey! Sorry I haven't been talking much; I have been keeping up though. It's just that on a lot of your recent post my computer has eaten my comments for supper and refused to regurgitate them back...then again, do either of us want computer-regurgitated comments? Hmmm...
Oh boy...a purpose crisis? That's not good. I guess you could say you're writing it because you want to, but I know the come-back to that: a story comes easier and is more alive if it has a purpose. I was writing Sacrifice because I wanted to, and it sort of died. I'm writing The Maiden and the Mage (story involving Brin and Ariana) because I want to explore some current issues through fantasy and see what happens when I mix politics, magic, and everyday things most teenagers (and perhaps others) deal with in their daily lives like love, loss, justice, etc. It's going great, because I have that drive.
I must say, though, I'm soooo happy you're continuing the Homeland story! I'm still really, really excited about that one, and how awesome that now it has a new layer of plot and meaning for you! Of course one shouldn't leave politics out of fantasy; political intrigue just adds so much to it, maybe because it's something we can identify with. (Look around you just now.)
And congratulations on being free of school for a while! I still have four more weeks...*sighs*
Blessings,
Lizbeth
Hey you! It's quite all right, if anybody knows how dodgy computers can be about comments, I do. Regurgitated? Ew!
How's "The Maiden and Mage" project going, BTW? You know I can't wait to see how it turns out - Brin's character alone is enough to make me want to read it. Yeah, there's so much behind Homeland, so much energy and passion and drive, like you said, that I can't not write it. Every time I come to work on it, I become even more driven to finish it. Hmm, we certainly can identify with political themes. It seems we're inundated with politics, you can't talk about anything without sparking a liberals-vs.-conservatives war. It was all I could do to find a website that would just tell me why gasoline prices are so high and where they're expected to go, without bringing under-researched politics and over-dramatic human interest stories into it. (A good one for statistics is EIA, Department of Energy.) But I ramble.
Hang in there, dear - when summer break comes, it'll be worth it all.
J. Shelley
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