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Name: Austin
Country: United States
State: Texas
Metro: Hurst-Euless-Bedford
Birthday: 2/10/1989
Gender: Male
Interests: Well... I really like Judo. And writing. Not reading, though; my influence for my novels mainly comes from the world around me... and the Japanese. Myes. I am a tad of a fan of all things Japan, because Japan gives us our video games.
Expertise: I'm pretty good at writing, when I'm not half asleep. I'm ranked nikyu in Judo, and while that by no means qualifies me as an expert, I'm confident I'd be able to kick at least a little butt in a self-defense situation. Not that I really need to worry about that sort of thing.
Occupation: That information is classified
Industry: That information is also class
Message: message meEmail: email me
Website: visit my website
AIM:  FlA Minch IA
Member Since:
5/3/2005
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| I'm here in Texas again for Thanksgiving. Still the same empty hole I left four months ago. It's good to see friends again, but I feel like I've just woken up from the best four-month coma of my life and must now resume life as always in Desolationville. :-/.
Why, exactly, was I looking forward to this?
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| Organized by current level of completion.
100%:
The Bloody Abomination (A novel which is, itself, a bloody abomination.) [~50,000 words]
Annoyer Fanfic Novella (Came to about 23,000 words, finished. I spent about three or four sleepless nights writing it in early high school, for fun, and enjoyed the heck out of it.)
80%:
Volume I of Austin McCutchen is a Real Cool Guy (An Autobiography) (Not an actual autobiography) [~180,000 words]
50%:
What Pirates and Ninjas Think of Each Other (I started this in high school. It could be good yet.) [~50,000 words]
20%:
Prophet Novel [~10,000 words]
NaNoWriMo [~12,000 words]
Concept Only:
Austin Man and DudeNick
The Legendary Hero Dalrymps
Stick Figure Wars
A Very Austin Romantic Comedy
This brings my collective total word count to about 320,000. Not bad. Not bad.
Every single one of these novels features a character named Austin McCutchen or equivalent. I have a problem, clearly.
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| My laptop. My professor found it and returned it to me. I am exceedingly pleased.
So. Anyway.
I do wonder where I'll end up going from here. What I'll do. If things go as planned I'll publish a novel or two before college is through, but you don't make money doing that unless you're friggin' Steven King or Sarah Rees Brennan or K.A. Applegate or Piers Anthony or Douglass Adams or Cormac McCarthy.
Austin McCutchen is--or so I'm told--a good novelist name. I think my stories and humor could become a hit with young adults; I think I could... survive in the world of fantasy. Fantasy humor is probably more up my alley, honestly. Xanth and the Discworld series are my favorites. But when it comes down to it, there are bazillions of people like me. Fame boils down to either knowing the right people or leaving a dream forever a dream.
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| So I weigh, like, 175 pounds now. It's a little creepy; I feel like a walking skeleton. According to BMI scales, this is supposed to be my high target weight, but... yeah. 175 is really, really, REEEALLY weird. I need to gain weight again.
Well, there's Thanksgiving.
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| A single week after my laptop's demonic possession and exorcism, I've run into another problem: I don't have it anymore.
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