(Well, technically, yesterday, since it’s after midnight, but it feels like today): Karl Rasmussen had had just about enough of the fog. Words today: 2,759Total words: 96,812Percentage complete (100,000/120,000): 96.8/80.7. Not a bad count, but not enough. I had to write an entertainment story for the Leader Post and tomorrow’s CBC Web column today, then …
Tag: science fiction
Apparently I’m the number two hit on Google…
…for this search: is science fiction books good for people results Which is weird, but strangely gratifying.
The first sentence I wrote today…
…is back! I’m plugging away hard at Terra Insegura now. I can see the end, off in the middle distance, and hope to reach it this week, do a complete rewrite next (!), and submit it by the beginning of March. Well, that’s my hope. Right now it looks like it’ll probably come out at …
Nice Marseguro review at SF Scope
I’m in Swift Current for a reading at the public library’s “Literary Cafe” this evening. As usual, the first thing I did in my hotel room was plug in my laptop, and was pleasantly surprised to find that since I left Regina three hours ago Ian Randal Strock has posted a very nice review of …
My Facebook interview, Part 1
This week I’m being interviewed on Facebook on the discussion board of the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy group. If you’re on Facebook, you can see the interview here. For those who aren’t, though, I’m going to post it here as it goes along. My interviewer is Dr. Robert Runte. RR: Okay, let’s get this …
Book Give-Away Contest: Week I
Tomorrow’s the big day when Marseguro officially hits bookstore shelves, and today was the big day when my author’s and promotional copies finally arrived from Penguin Canada. (Yay!) And so, with great fanfare, I announce the Great Marseguro Book Give-Away Contest! Here’s how it’s going to work. I’m going to give away one signed copy …
A wonderful essay on science fiction…
…from (rather to my surprise) the Times Literary Supplement. A couple of excerpts: Writers continue to be drawn to the genre because it allows them to find subtle ways of exploring cultural anxiety and desire. As we leave the frosty air of the Cold War behind, innovative modes of science fiction reflect on the nature …
The first sentence I wrote since the last time I did an update on the first sentence I wrote…
The pool was blessed relief even after just a couple of hours without water in her gills.Words since last update: 2,564Total words: 85,069Percentage complete (120,000/100,000): 70.9/85.1 A bit slow these last couple of days for a variety of reasons. I still have some hope of reaching an end of the first draft by the end …
The first sentence I wrote since the last time I did an update on the first sentence I wrote…
Andy King had heard Richard’s order to forget the assault shuttle in Africa.Words since last update: 2,711Total words: 82,505Percentage complete (120,000/100,000): 68.8/82.5
The first sentence I wrote yesterday…
…will not appear today, because I didn’t write a new sentence yesterday. However, I have a good reason, and I did work on the book. Here’s what’s happened. For the past, oh, 20,000 words or so I’ve known that I was approaching a point at which the events I have so far described in the …
Who can I sue?
Oh, brother: A prize-winning novelist has won a settlement of more than £100,000 after she claimed to have become so intoxicated by fumes from a nearby shoe factory that she was reduced to writing thrillers. I’m looking around my neighborhood, trying to find out what environmental factors have driven me to the sad state of …
The first sentence I wrote yesterday…
“And then you’ll kill all the Selkies?” Emily said.Words yesterday: 1,958Total thus far: 79,794Percentage complete (120,000/100,000): 66.5/79.8
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