Memoirs of an English Major

Ever since Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) keynote earlier this week, I’ve been extremely excited. Even though I still have yet to purchase my first Apple computer, I am a huge supporter of the company and its principles. I know some out there really don’t see why I support the company, considering that I’m well aware I could not only build a faster computer at a cheaper cost. Well, to be honest, it’s not the hardware that’s attractive, but simply a lot of the programs that are made for the mac side, such as Scrivener and Textmate. Sometimes though, I do wish those Objective-C coders would migrate their cocoa applications over to the Windows side, just so I could try them out.

     But tonight’s post is not about WWDC. The event itself is covered in numerous places, so if you want more information on that, please refer to those articles. Nope, tonight is one other thought that entered my head during my travels, captured in my new orange book. It is another stray thought, though it is once again that of a character. It is a fairly fleshed out character and is already part of a story. As to where this will be worked into, I am not quite sure. Probably somewhere important. Anyway, enjoy.

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“A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life” - John Milton  

    Over the course of the past two weeks, I have written and created four separate drafts on my short story, each one longer that the last. I’m fine with the word length, but I feel if I make one more revision, it may become longer that I had originally intended, so I am stopping at this moment with my final draft. I will make a couple of grammar checks and pacing revision, but as of now, the short story is complete. Once the contest is over, I will repost the story here so that all can read. It’s been a great process and I really couldn’t have written as I have without the use of PageFour. It is a great piece of software. It just works for me as a writer.

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