Scary!

Writing isn’t in itself scary. But there can be rather worrisome moments. If you don’t believe me, check the heart rate of any author who has just sent out a bunch of queries. Or even worse, when the query response has come back and it’s sitting in your e-mail inbox, unopened, waiting.

Rejection can sting, so perhaps that’s why it’s so scary to submit.

One day nearly five years ago, I was walking my dog (This will connect back to writing, I promise). Anyhow, Lucy, in her excitement to smell some awesome aroma, stuck her head into a shrub. This particular plant had a branch that stuck straight out—which poked Lu in the eye.

She was fine, but to this day (Note: five years later), Lucy refuses to walk past that particular stretch of shrubs.

Moral of the story?

Sometimes things (rejected queries) hurt, but it’s foolish to let something like that paralyze you. Keep sending.

Second moral of the story?

Chihuahuas never ever ever forget.

Happy writing!

E: Elantris

For the letter E, I want to talk about the book Elantris by Brandon Sanderson. I don’t want to do a book review, but it’s safe to say I adored the book. (Mr. Sanderson’s books are always awesomeness times ten).

Recently, my roommate read Elantris for the first time. She loved it too, but it terrified her. See in the book there are these creatures called Seons. They are described as floating balls of light with words in them. The words are called Aons and are pretty sweet shaped non-English words. They are a great part of the world-building.

They frightened my roommate. First, the pictures of the Aons creeped her out completely and then the thought of those strange symbols floating in the air while she was sleeping . . .

(If I was a mean roommate and had some glow in the dark paint, I would’ve had so much fun.)

It’s interesting what frightens people. At least the Seons aren’t as the two scary things in this video: