My Writings

As many of my friends know, during the school semesters I rarely have the time for my writings. My novels are put on the backburner, which limits me to sporadic moments of inspirations that are quickly jotted down on piece of paper that I have (my legendary spiral-bound, the margins of my school notes, a napkin, etc).

What is even rarer than these episodes is writing a piece of fiction for school purposes (except for the annual scholarship applications). However, it does happen once in a blue moon. Apparently, we had a blue moon this past week. For my 18th Century English literature class, my professor had assigned a piece of creative writing that corresponded with our readings of Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift. This assignment, and through the use of our imagination, required us to write two scenarios: 1. Being in a world of giants and 2. Being in a world of tiny people, which would make us truly think of what it must have been like for Gulliver discover the lands of Lilliput and Brobdingnag.

Since I did not want to make the assignment personal, I opted to write a short story entitled "L'Île - The Island"©. To save you all from a possible long summary, here is a one sentence abstract: “While exploring an unknown island, a group of sailors and their captain live through events of incredible proportions.” It was written in a journal entry style and is set during the 18th Century.

This was the first piece of fiction that I have completed in quite a long while. It is also the first piece of fiction that has been seen by other people as well as being the first one that includes a number French phrases and dialogue. The reviews so far have been great. A friend loves it, and my professor loved my correlations between my work and Swift’s novel. The narrator of the story is actually the main character of a short story- and novel-in-progress of mine. With such great results, I’m feeling confident in that my work will be successful.

News in the World of Literature - Harry Potter

Less than two months after the announcement of the title, the book release date for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was announced today! The final book in by J. K. Rowling’s series will hit the shelves and be in the hands of eager fans everywhere on July 21st of this year. Start the countdown!