Monday, March 12, 2018

Keynote Thingy


Here's a cool thing: I'm giving the keynote speech at the BYU Honors Banquet and Ball at the end of the month!

BYU is my alma mater, of course, and I was part of the Honors Program there as an undergraduate. I generally enjoyed my experience with the Honors Program, and I'm looking forward to sharing some things I've learned as I've progressed in my writing career with the current generation. Delivering a full-blown keynote speech is a first for me, and I'm both honored and very excited to tackle the challenge. If you're curious, my presentation will include most of, but probably not all of, and likely won't be limited to, some of the following:

- "Non-Stop" from Hamilton (will I be performing it??? maybe*...!!!) 🎤 
- References to THE WAR OF ART by Stephen Pressfield 🎨
- Various Buffy the Vampire Slayer references (who am I kidding, this might be ALL my keynote is...) 🧛‍♂️
- References to MINDSET by Carol Dweck 🧠
- Me with long hair on BYU campus 👱‍♀️
- The answer to life, the universe, and everything 4️⃣2️⃣
- Various relevant high school basketball and college ballroom dance anecdotes--possibly including a demonstration of the fact that my hips ABSOLUTELY DO NOT LIE, YA'LL 💃
- Something about Magic Johnson? 🏀
- How the Chaos Queen Quintet series ends 📚
- References to OUTLIERS by Malcolm Gladwell 💹
- Me wearing very red shoes 👠
- And much, much more (or, alternatively, much much less?)!
- Various Buffy the Vampire Slayer references (who am I kidding, this might be ALL my keynote is...) 🧛‍♂️ - References to MINDSET by Carol Dweck 🧠 - Me with long hair on BYU campus 👱‍♀️- The answer to life, the u
niverse, and everything 4️⃣2️⃣- Various relevant high school basketball and college ballroom dance anecdotes--possibly including a demonstration of the fact that my hips ABSOLUTELY DO NOT LIE, YA'LL 💃 - Something about Magic Johnson? 🏀 - How the Chaos Queen Quintet series ends 📚 - References to OUTLIERS by Malcolm Gladwell 💹- Me wearing very red shoes 👠 - And much, much more (or, alternatively, much much less?)!


That may or may not be the very outline I use for the keynote. Attend at your own risk, I guess. But I think it'll be fun!

Friday, March 09, 2018

New Audiomachine Album


A new Audiomachine album just came out a few days ago!

If you aren't aware, I'm a big fan of Audiomachine--their albums are my go-to, all-purpose epic writing music. This new one, titled Volturnus, is my current soundtrack for revising book 3.

It's cool. Also, book 3 is going to be good.

Thursday, March 01, 2018

Dark Immolation on Graphic Audio!



Some of you may remember me raving about the Graphic Audio version of Duskfall last year when it came out. To wit: they did a fantastic job adapting the book, and it is a delight to listen to.

Well, I'm happy to say they've done it again! The Graphic Audio version of Dark Immolation: Part 1 (they're doing Book 2 in two parts; you can see the order page for Part 2 here, and it should be finished in a few months) is AWESOME. These folks really know what they're doing, and I really like how they interpret the stories I'm telling.

Also, I really like that cover image. 👌👍🙌💯🔥💀

Check them out!