It's been a while since I've worked on a website... It feels good to work on something private and customizable again. This is a place where I can update friends and followers on both my writing and my life. I have a deviantART account as well, which I will leave a link to at the end of this post, but that's solely for my writing life. Here, I hope to share with you not only my written words, but YouTube endeavors, school projects, and information about what life has been like for me.
I want to be completely honest with anyone reading this right now. I'm currently in school, and I'm actually going to be forced to drop this blog in the summer of 2012. This is going to be shortlived, and I might not have any time to work on it, either.
Allow me to be completely honest again: with the above said, I will do everything I can to make this blog and entertaining and enjoyable read. I think a lot of fun can happen here, and I'd love it if you'd join me for the ride.
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PERSONAL INFO TO FOLLOW: (Skip if you feel bored)
That said, a lot has been happening the past few months for me. I took my first creative writing class in four years, and while the teacher has had some reservations about my writing, he has given me fairly high scores. I turned in two stories for the class to review, and they were generally well-liked: one about a teenage breakup and possible makeup, and one about a young man who just lost his family in a tragic accident. My professor deemed both of them "melodramatic", which is his word for "something I didn't want to read about", but he was impressed by the "precision of the language" I employed.
Other professors have also recently commented on my abilities as a writer--one said that she could tell I was a writer by the way I talked and my use of imagery, and another said it's a joy to have me speak in class. I feel like this creative writing course really has helped me focus my energy, and that has led to people taking more note of what I'm capable of. College is a much looser, superior environment for me than high school ever was.
I submitted one of my stories, "Black Dresses", to the college journal for review. If the editor likes it, they might put it into print for the 2012 Spring semester. While I go to a small college, many more stories and poems are submitted than ever make it past review and into the journal. I hope I make it in.
Thanks for reading this! I hope we'll have some fun with this soon.
-Sirius
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