In which I am known to Germans

The first week of classes in 2012 has consisted of three things for me: video games, syllabi and thinking about writing (but not writing).

Now obviously if we start with the most interesting one we are going to talk about video games. In the past week Yoshi and I have gotten back on animated bike and are kicking ass. I also received the new Zelda game for Christmas so writing took a bit of a back seat this week. It is important to note that in the last ten years my basic strategy for playing Zelda games has not changed: I used to mash buttons and random and now I flail my wii remote at, well, random.

(Taking a second out to explain the title of this post: Someone in Germany has somehow found this blog. Kudos to you Germany! I write this blog, and I can barely find it.)

As for syllabi: I get one in every class. My calendar is full again. Sigh.

The third thing, of course, is thinking about writing. Not actually writing. That would be ridiculous. No what I do is I put in a good solid effort in thinking.

To fill you in on some back story, I write young adult fantasy they way a lot of people write young adult contemporary. That is to say that there is very little world saving on a macro universe wide scale and more world saving on a mirco personal scale. Essentially, I think about what is a normal day in the life of a [insert magical creature here], and then I ruin that day for them.

So I figured I could give you a little breakdown of what I just finished/ am currently working on:

1. I just finished another draft of Blackbird, which involves witches, shape shifting, creepy clans, music and keeping secrets. I really hoping to start querying with this one soon. :)

2. I've just started researching for Same as the First. I'm not really sure what it's about yet other than London (England, not Ontario), amnesia, serial killers and lists. I know, I know. A YA novel with lists.

I've also written down a handful of scenes that could one day turn into a Blackbird sequel but... well...

I'm going to think about it some more.