I’ve sent off the application for LSU’s Cyber Bootcamp!
After over a decade of looking at news articles, learning bits and pieces of the trade to satisfy curiosity, I’ve finally taken the step towards learning cybersecurity professionally and moving to the next stage in life.
Yes, that is terrifying. And exciting?
Who knows, maybe this old dog can learn a new trick. Dad Law requires me to use the bad joke, and I make no apologies.
While I wait for the assessment (which took an hour to complete and reminded me that I’m not in the 90’s anymore; I was writing the math problems out on notecards when I remembered that I had a calculator), I’m going to wrestle with a different problem: the BMF for the “William the Pecostian” story.
I wasn’t expecting this rewrite to grow into a real novel, but I’m here and now I have this struggle to deal with. There are at least two more dramatic scenes before the story’s climax, but where I am currently could call for either a downtime scene with the protagonists, or a short cutaway to the antagonists to heighten the tension. In other words, I’ve reached the Big ‘Furry’ Middle.
The kids have been reading these over my shoulder; I’m moderating my language while they’re in the room.
I’m not sure yet which choice will be the better one, and I might write out both to compare them. That means I’m also fighting off the procrastination that’s tempting me to look at other things, even if they’re things I want to work on.
I’ll be calling out for beta readers to look it over. In the meantime, there’s a Kung Fu class for the evening and a long chat with Sifu over something he wants me to look into.
Stay safe out there, folks.
-JB Swift
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