News and Updates
Wednesday April 15th 2009 - 01:57 AM
Well, Hello World...
I`m new to this whole blogging thing, so I`m really just winging it on this first entry. Hopefully, as time progresses, I will get the hang of it and have lots of insight and cool articles to share with all of you out there in the Internet Universe.This first posting, however, will most likely be a completely incoherent rambling session. So, let`s get started, shall we.
I spent about three to three and a half hours last night agonizing over the revision of one chapter, a chapter that I have already revised twice mind you. I wonder if this is just the nature of the beast.Will I ever actually be satisfied with my work? Probably not. I remember reading an article a while back that featured an interview with a prominent author (Dean Koontz, perhaps, but I don`t remember for sure). Basically, in the article, the author said that they could revise forever and never be pleased and would love nothing more than to have the time to go back and rewrite everything they had ever written. In the end, however, the author realized that it was more important to push forward with a new creation rather than dwell on the past.
I suppose that`s what I`m wanting to do: Push Forward. Every time I get out, however, they keep pulling me back in. I desperately want to move forward with new chapters and new ideas, but my obsessive compulsive nature keeps dragging me back.
Besides working on my new novel, I`m also preparing to query agents in regards to my first book and trying to put together this website. I`ve been toying with the idea of sleeping one hour and then being awake for seven. This would allow me to sleep for only three hours a day. I only get four to five now, so that might not be so bad. Right?
I`ve also been reading Seven Deadly Wonders by Matthew Reilly (which is not quite up to par with other novels of his that I`ve read) and listening to The Matarese Circle by Robert Ludlum (which has been great so far, looking forward to the upcoming movie with Denzel Washington). Hopefully, I`ll have my book/movie review system for the site completed in time to post reviews for both of those. I`m planning on going to see State of Play this weekend, so maybe I can get a review up for that as well.
On the family front, we have our appointment scheduled to see the geneticists at the Mayo Clinic in MN for our daughter, Calissa. Hopefully, they will be able to provide us answers where other have failed. For all of those unaware of the situation, Calissa is 50%developmentally delayed (she`s two and half and only recently started walking and doesn`t really talk). We have no diagnosis for her and have no idea what to expect for the future. Naturally, my family appreciates all kind thoughts and prayers as we try to help her learn and grow.
Well, that`s it for me. Thanks for listening and as I said, hopefully these posts will get better as I go along.
Aaron Brown
I`m new to this whole blogging thing, so I`m really just winging it on this first entry. Hopefully, as time progresses, I will get the hang of it and have lots of insight and cool articles to share with all of you out there in the Internet Universe.This first posting, however, will most likely be a completely incoherent rambling session. So, let`s get started, shall we.
I spent about three to three and a half hours last night agonizing over the revision of one chapter, a chapter that I have already revised twice mind you. I wonder if this is just the nature of the beast.Will I ever actually be satisfied with my work? Probably not. I remember reading an article a while back that featured an interview with a prominent author (Dean Koontz, perhaps, but I don`t remember for sure). Basically, in the article, the author said that they could revise forever and never be pleased and would love nothing more than to have the time to go back and rewrite everything they had ever written. In the end, however, the author realized that it was more important to push forward with a new creation rather than dwell on the past.
I suppose that`s what I`m wanting to do: Push Forward. Every time I get out, however, they keep pulling me back in. I desperately want to move forward with new chapters and new ideas, but my obsessive compulsive nature keeps dragging me back.
Besides working on my new novel, I`m also preparing to query agents in regards to my first book and trying to put together this website. I`ve been toying with the idea of sleeping one hour and then being awake for seven. This would allow me to sleep for only three hours a day. I only get four to five now, so that might not be so bad. Right?
I`ve also been reading Seven Deadly Wonders by Matthew Reilly (which is not quite up to par with other novels of his that I`ve read) and listening to The Matarese Circle by Robert Ludlum (which has been great so far, looking forward to the upcoming movie with Denzel Washington). Hopefully, I`ll have my book/movie review system for the site completed in time to post reviews for both of those. I`m planning on going to see State of Play this weekend, so maybe I can get a review up for that as well.
On the family front, we have our appointment scheduled to see the geneticists at the Mayo Clinic in MN for our daughter, Calissa. Hopefully, they will be able to provide us answers where other have failed. For all of those unaware of the situation, Calissa is 50%developmentally delayed (she`s two and half and only recently started walking and doesn`t really talk). We have no diagnosis for her and have no idea what to expect for the future. Naturally, my family appreciates all kind thoughts and prayers as we try to help her learn and grow.
Well, that`s it for me. Thanks for listening and as I said, hopefully these posts will get better as I go along.
Aaron Brown