My Life In A Nutshell

Came up with another book idea recently. Something's obviously kicked into high gear in the creative part of my brain since my life has settled down. I'm writing everything down in my daily writing journal, of course, the fragments and plot ideas and snippets of characters dying to tell their stories, as well as gradually piecing things together for each project in SuperNoteCard. I was started to get frustrated at first, having all these ideas I'm excited about and not being able to write everything at once. But now I'm realizing it's probably a good thing, letting these unwritten books percolate a while in the back of my brain.

I got another illustration inquiry, this time from someone who was doing a Google search for something completely unrelated, found my Blatherings, then discovered (and liked) my drawings. Reminds me that I still need to do an online portfolio of some kind. People also seem to be finding me through my drawings on Flickr, but I'd like to have something more organized and selective that I can point potential clients toward.

And then there's songwriting. I'm getting the songwriting bug again, especially since our gig at GAfilk is coming up next January. I'm working on a song that both Urban Tapestry and Summer and Fall can perform together. I've never written for five voices at once before (except on paper in my Counterpoint theory classes, which isn't at all the same thing); I'm excited about the challenge!

Sometimes I do think it ironic that I graduated from the University of Toronto with a B.Sc. in Computer Science but am now thoroughly immersed in the arts. There's a part of me that wonders if I should have more regret about not knowing what I wanted to do earlier in my life but y'know, most of the value of my university days came from experiences outside of the classroom. I have a much better idea of who I am and what I want now than I did back then, and there was no shortcut to this knowledge...I am the sum of my experiences, after all.

And I'm still learning. :-)

Just finished reading:

The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner is the sequel to The Thief. I enjoyed the sequel even more than the first book, probably because the main character has grown and the atmosphere is somewhat darker. I am SO tempted to buy the third book (The King of Attolia) but it's only available in hardcover. Ah, temptation...

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