Nancy Uliano's Blog - Posts Tagged "college"

Some of you probably know that I'm an English major in college, currently working on a Bachelor's. It takes up a ridiculous amount of time, so I haven't had the chance to work on the sequel as much as I'd like. Beyond that, my best friend is on the verge of being evicted and has been coming over to my house daily to use my internet for job hunting, so I don't have much peace and quiet. I thrive in chaos, but this is a bit much even for me.

I'm on the second chapter of my rough draft for the sequel. It'll be slow progress, but I do have the whole story planned. It'll be a little more traditional fantasy than the first novel, taking place one year later. I want to expand on certain characters, namely Adrian, Thora, and Alexander. I'll be introducing Alexander's wife and a certain relative of Raine's as well.

I'm looking into getting a nice book cover made for Awakening of the Queen. I had to go with a generic cover originally because I had no money to hire an artist and I'm terrible with visual arts. If anyone has any suggestions for an artist, please let me know. I know some of my friends are artists, but I haven't worked up the courage to ask for a commission.

Today I finished my first assignment in my linguistics class. I had to compare the grammar and word usage of two different works of my choice. I picked The Music of Erich Zann by Lovecraft, and Drawing Blood by Poppy Z. Brite aka Billy Martin. I think the paper came out fine. It isn't perfect, but college has never been my first priority. If I pass, I'm pretty happy. Ironically, I usually get an A on my papers anyway, assuming I do them and don't blow them off completely.