Finding the boat had been a stroke of luck, Emily thought. Current word count: 43,754New words this session: 2,452Percentage of novel completed: 43.7 Today’s total wasn’t entirely written at Second Cup, for a change. I wrote half at Second Cup, then half in the Foggy Dew, the Irish pub I mentioned before that’s attached to …
So, day one of VCon has come and gone. As noted earlier, I started the day by finding a Second Cup so I could work on the new novel. I need to pick up the pace, I think; I’ve probably averaged a little better than 1,000 words a day on it, and at that rate, …
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He hadn’t paid much attention to the navigation screens for a while, but now it was time set a course back to Hansen’s Harbor–which I never should have left in the first place, he thought. Current word count: 41,302New words this session: 1,226Percentage of novel completed: 41.3 I was able to find a Second Cup …
Emily wasn’t kept guessing long: an hour after the pounding in the habitat ceased, she knew the killer drone had somehow managed to break through the doors and was on her trail. Current word count: 40,076New words this session: 506Percentage of novel completed: 40.0 A smallish number of words yesterday, what with getting ready to …
So here I am in scenic Vancouver (well, Richmond, technically) to attend VCon 31, a very fine science fiction convention being held here at the Executive Airport Plaza hotel. Just how scenic is it? Check out this photo of the local wildlife–some kind of giant crane–taken through my hotel window. These cranes must be nesting …
“A poet who reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits.” – Lazarus Long (Time Enough for Love, Robert A. Heinlein). Alas, there are a lot of people with this particular nasty habit.
Remember the DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Grand Challenge, in which robot cars raced across a 212-km desert course? Now the robots are moving into the city and taking on traffic.
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The light was fading fast. Current word count: 39,570New words this session: 1,490Percentage of novel completed: 39.5
So here I am, getting ready to fly off to Vancouver to spend a few days in a hotel while attending the VCon science fiction convention to promote the paperback release this week of my science fiction novel Lost in Translation (was that a subtle enough plug?), and I read this: “A common cold can …
Today’s the big day! The paperback reprint of my science fiction novel Lost in Translation has been officially released by DAW Books, and should be available in stores and online at Amazon.com and other locations. You can read prologue and first chapter online. The cover art is by Steve Stone. Here’s the back blurb: Kathryn …
