Egocentricity

Today's Thought: You know when it helps to be ego-centric? Never, that's when.


I'm muddling through two very good books that were recommended to me by an editor I know, Characters and Viewpoint by Orson Scott Card and Self-Editing for Fiction Writers by Renni Brown and Dave King. So far I've found the latter to be more helpful than the former, but I am still reading and both are quite good.

Well, I finished my first manuscript a bit ago and it is currently in the hands of the afore-mentioned editor. Pray that I get published. Seriously, get down right now and pray, go ahead, I'll wait...Ok thank-you, your prayers are appreciated.

I haven't read any good fiction for a while. Robert Jordan may not live to write his final(?) book which is heartbreaking. Maybe I should take a good friend's advice and read more George R.R. Martin.

Which leads me to Eragon. I picked a copy of the book at my local bookstore because I had heard things. I had heard that it was a great book and that the author had written the original mauscript when he was quite young. When I found out that a movie was being made from the book I had to check it out for myself. So, I thumbed through a few pages and found that the book was not as original as I had hoped. By original I mean, simply from reading the first page I could pick out the "usual suspects" of Fantasy Literature. That being said, Mr. Paolini is doing quite well for himself and I wish him the best in his future (and present) endeavors.

Want to read an excerpt for yourself? Let me know what you think...http://www.alagaesia.com/eragonexcerpt.htm