Personal Achievement

“A graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in identical caps and gowns that 'individuality' is the key to success.” – Robert Purvis

This past Saturday officially marked the accomplishment of one of the largest goals in my life. I have officially graduated from university with a Bachelor of Arts in English and a minor in Art!

I will certainly miss the thrill of studying literature in the traditional classroom setting with my friends and the good professors (thought I will not miss the exams!); however, I know that I am more than able to apply the knowledge that I have gained to my writings and my further exploration of literature.

Currently, my plan is to continue working on my novels and to continue my education by gaining a Master’s degree in Library Science.

To congratulate my friends and fellow graduates, I will close with these two quotes:

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. You are the guy who'll decide where to go.” – Dr. Seuss

“Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Book Recommendation

A friend and fellow bibliophile gave me this fantastic book: 1000 Years of English Literature: A Treasury of Literary Manuscripts by Chris Fletcher (2003 hardcover). The book begins with the Early and Medieval time period with works like Beowulf and goes all the way to The Twentieth Century with authors like Virginia Woolf and George Bernard Shaw. With each and every piece of literature there is a brief biography of the author (when there is one) and the history of the specific piece of work. Plus, the greatest part of the book, there are 200 beautiful colored illustrations, which will take up the entire page, of the manuscripts and authors.

It’s absolutely fantabulous! I highly recommend this book!

My Writings

As I’ve probably mentioned before that the time for my writing has decreased over the course of this year. School has been keeping me quite busy. However, this does not mean that I’m not thinking about new plots. Just in the past four days, my wonderful friend Jennifer and I have developed a fantastic four book series - series' title and all! (I will release the title at a later day – I promise).

Without going into too many details, I’ll simply say that the series is set in the future; however, it is not actually futuristic in any way. Each book as different main character, though some may overlap into the next book or two. History plays a very important role in the entire series.

Jennifer and I are collaborating on this series. The most interesting (and possibly freaky) part about this entire series is that Jennifer and I had developed a book or two at least a year before we even befriended each other (which was a little over a year ago). The similarities between our ideas are astonishing and frightening! This is a clear sign from the literary gods that we must collaborate and write the four books and have them published!

At the moment we are still adjusting some aspects of the plot in the first book; however, the second book plot is practically finished. We are also currently doing research to not only make things as accurate as possible but also to give us a greater image of what we want to create better imagery for the readers.

This series is going to be awesome, and you all will love it!