David Foster Wallace

I need this on my blog.

David Foster Wallace's commencement speech at Kenyon College in 2005:
This is Water - Some thoughts delivered on a significant occasion, about living a compassionate life.


Part 1 -

Part 2 -
I especially liked 00:08:00 onwards

Update - Novel rewrites

I seem to be much more diligent about my other blog probably because it's a fun and silly break in the day (and I get to talk about me me me without feeling narcissistic).

In between work and procrastination (bane of my life) though, I'm progressing on the rewrite. The next time I'm home long enough to work on it I'll be on chapter 11 which is cool. (only 15 to go) The most fun part is creating my own mythology and letting my imagination roam.

Everytime I go in for a new draft or editing I end up changing so much of the original concept, it's crazy. I still have all my diary entries about the original concept, one day I'll have to do an entry or comic (or both cause I really like talking about myself :) )about that.

Hopefully this is it though - this is the rewrite that polishes the book for an agent and publishing. And hopefully I'll settle on a title at last cause the one I had - In Dreams Begins Responsibility - (a Yeates quote) doesn't work anymore.

*fingers crossed*

The Misadventures of Deana - a comic

I just created a new blog to showcase my new 'comic'.
It's called the Misadventures of Deana and can be found => here

First episode is up!