Memoirs of an English Major

    If life were a John Hughes film… screw it. I’d still be single

   It’s Thursday and usual this would end the week of posting, but I’m leaning towards having a post up tomorrow as well. If anything, it will be a work of fiction ready and waiting for your consumption. But my mind is currently split between writing and coding. It’s a common practice that I have become used it, but it is a bit hard to switch mind sets in one sitting. If you’re curious as to what I am working it, it is an Adobe AIR app using Flex as the engine. It will be open source and it will be something that writers should be able to use. Hopefully by the end of the month, I’ll have it in an alpha state to actually use, though the code won’t go up till later this month. In any case, I know this is short, but I must get back to coding. So, for those of your craving entertainment, click on the more tag and enjoy the video below.

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  It’s a brand new week and a brand new task. After last week’s writing tasks, I think it triggered the muse inside of me to once again delve into the world of fiction. Much like last week, I will be composing something new each day. Before I go into tonight’s post, I have a proposition to ask all of my readers. If you haven’t noticed yet, I don’t post on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. It’s not because I’m lazy or anything, it’s just my weekends are my busiest times and I can’t get a chance to post. So, in the same vein as guest posting, I have come up with a new concept entitled Creative Content Friday’s. Essentially, if you’ve made something creative, I’ll post it. There there some guidelines though:

1. Nothing hateful or hurtful. Also, nothing pornographic, though I’ll be the judge when it is tasteful and when it’s something that belongs in an issue of Penthouse
2. Works must contain a small summary and rating. I’m going to allow a wide range here, so please make my job a little easier. If your work is not meant for the younger audience, let me know ahead of time so I can preface this.
3. Video’s must be either a Youtube or Revver link or any other flash based player. I can’t accept anything else. Audio must be either an mp3 or m4a.
4. Links must get to me by 12:00 AM GMT Thursday to make it for that week.
5. Make sure to submit it to creativefridays@rvillegas.org with “Creative Fridays” in the subject line

I am not limiting it to writing. If you’ve made a flash game, short film, or some great artwork, I’ll post it up here, linking back to a site of your choice, most likely your own or where the work is held. So, get those creative juices flowing and get some free promotion. Well, that’s all for now. Tune in tomorrow when I post some fiction. Till then, enjoy.