Points of Interest

Keeping in touch can be key. Not only keeping in touch with family and friends but, in my case, keeping in touch with the world and people around me. Now this can be for the sake of inspiration or this can be for networking purposes. In this case it's for both. I need to read things other than my own work, other than school curriculum, or classics that were not written in my day. It would be more reasonable for me to read the modern day Thoreau or Emerson to expose myself to how my peers are viewing the world and try to mold it with them. To see how words have evolved and thoughts have developed new meaning. Cheers to interconnectedness!

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Keeping Myself Connected:

ExperiMental Words- what better way to promote myself than myself so I am including here a link to my YouTube channel for those interested in my poems and other rants. I plan to add more with better quality soon.

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Blogs

Fresh Pair of Jays- chosen so that I might follow the blog of a fellow writer and be able to get a sense of someone elses writing style

Hip Hop Blog- written by my cousin this is again a way to follow another blog writer to see how they do it in addition it will keep me connected with new music so I will have new things to listen to while I write (music can sometimes influence my writing, and one story I wrote was based on the music I was listening to)

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Author Sites:

The Nathan Holic Collection- This site belongs to a UCF professor I had the pleasure of learning from during my 2012 Fall semester. A very informative man so I plan to use his information as a way to form a path for myself.

Stephenie Meyer (coming soon)

Robin Mckinley (coming soon)

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Staying Connected:

UCFWriters- networking can be key and I find that doing so with fellow alumni would be a good idea. Feel welcomed to stay connected with us.

Florida Book Review- I located this during my 2012 semester as well and this is an organization that reviews books related, set in, or about Florida. They can also help me to stay connected with the local scene so I am sure to finde purpose with their site
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Literary Magazines:

Clarkesworld- this is my connection to fantasy short storie, fantasy art, and articles. A publication I look forward to submitting to in the near future.

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For A Good Read:

Goodreads- is a location I recently learned to go to keep track of what I have read, reading, and will read which is useful to my overall tracking. As a writer I need to read so nothing better than a good read.

Pat's Fantasy Hotlist- fantasy is my go to genre. I can't gt enough. I've strayed a bit recently reading others but I am loyal to my love of the fantastical. This website feeds the need to know what is out there and what I should consider adding to my ever growing read list.