Unreliable

      As we enter further into the technological age of man, I have come to realize how unreliable electronic devices are. I was sorely disappointed at the beginning of the week due to such failures in technology.
      As some of you may know, I began college classes on the 19th (of August) and I thought that I would scope out the library after my classes were done; they end at 12:50 pm on Mondays. I walked in and was taken away by the devices the library had in stock called "Playaways". The library had it so that there was an individual book loaded to each singular device and shortly after looking through the shelf I found Life of Pi by Yann Martel. For anyone who does know, Life of Pi recently became a motion picture film, that I did not see because I have not read the book; but that is a story for another time in the future.
     After taking the box containing the Playaway off the shelf, I checked it out and that evening I took it home to listen to it. I followed the specific directions to make it work and it would not function no matter how hard I tried to make it work. I was slightly distraught. So, I took it in between my German and Early Western Civilization classes the next day (Tuesday) and the library staff could not precede to make it function either. It was pronounced dead around 10:15 am.
    I was sad for a little while but as I went further along in my classes, I realized that I would not have had time to listen to it anyway. Right now, I cannot read A Game of Thrones either because I have to read The Trojan War by Strauss for my Early Western Civ class, which is perfectly alright because I love reading up on history.
     The point of this post is that technology is mostly unreliable and that I am probably better off reading a book made out of actual pieces of paper, that I can hold in my hands (and possibly sniff on occasion, because who does not like the smell of books?).

Thanks

         I feel like this blog has been somewhat neglected over the course of the summer. My plan was to write in it once a week, but seeing as I did not really get through any major books during the past three months, I think that I am okay. I wish I could tell you that I had read more fantastical things, but alas I did not.
         Looking back over this summer, I have to say that even though most of it royally stunk, it was a good summer in general. I learned a lot about myself and my future career path, and where I should be going with my life. I rediscovered my passion for digesting book after book (even though I said barely read anything) and I realized that I truly do have a love for writing. When I write, I feel as if there is nothing else I should be doing. For that reason, precisely, I will not be writing any new novels for a good while, but editing the novels I have previously written. My dream is to be able to share them with all of you, no matter what medium it is shared. My job is to glorify God through using the talent that he gave me and what better way than to get a book published, or at least read?
         I understand that I have promised this time and time again, but I feel confident that I will achieve the task that I have set before me. My first novel, that I wrote during National Novel Writing Month-2011 is the first thing I will be editing. It is partially edited already, mostly the first few chapters of the book. I have to go through and re-work the plot because it was atrocious with plot holes that did not do anything for the story line. I am fairly certain that you all will enjoy my children, my characters, though. They are the most human beings I could ever come up with and they are more than just words on a page. When I am writing them, they are actually there and I want you all to feel it as well through the words of the story.
       Sadly, I do not have a name for the novel anymore because the first one just did not fit. I also had to rename my title character because her name was not adventurous enough. If anyone would like to read bits and pieces of this work as I remodel it, feel free to comment and I will send you a chapter or two and you may tell me what you think.

Thank you everyone who reads this blog for being so supportive of me, one-hundred percent!