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‘Tis done!
I just emailed the finished manuscript of Terra Insegura, sequel to Marseguro, to Sheila Gilbert at DAW Books. Now I wait for her reaction and notes, after which I get to rewrite the whole thing one more time! And here, for those who have been following along at home, are the final stats for the …
Marseguro gets an A from Sci-Fi Weekly!
Woo-hoo! Lois H. Gresh reviews Marseguro for Sci-Fi Weekly (the very high-profile news service of the Sci-Fi Channel in the U.S.) and gives it an A! Some excerpts: The settings are well drawn and creative… The characters possess substance, emotions and realistic motivations… Most important, the action and surprises keep coming… She concludes: Overall…the flaws …
Set art free from gibberish!
Thus asks Ann Althouse: Why do museum curators post such nonsensical texts on the walls next to the artwork they want us to take seriously? It’s a question I’ve asked myself: here’s the arts column I wrote on this topic a few years ago. *** Visual art and the text that explains it are uneasy …
A writer’s speedometer
I may have to get me one of these. It’s a USB Speedometer that plugs into your computer and tells you how fast you’re typing in words per minute. And just like your car, it also has an odometer to show you how many words you’ve typed in a given day. On the other hand, …
The first sentence, and the last two words, I wrote today
The first sentence I wrote today: The first thing Richard saw, as he started to climb out, was the towering cloud of dust and smoke to the east, behind the first range of mountains.The last two words I wrote today: THE END Yay! So, here’s the final tally: Total words: 109,298Final batch of words written: …
The first sentence I wrote yesterday…
The flash came first. Words yesterday: 2,680Total to date: 104,998Percentage complete (100,000/120,000): 105.0/87.5 The end is so near I can taste it, but I’m not there yet, and with other things that must be done today, I think it will be tomorrow before I finish. Oh, and I’ve gone over the 500 mark in manuscript …
The first sentence I wrote today…
The results? Death, destruction, misery on a grand scale.Words today: 2,964Total words: 102,318Percentage complete (100,000/120,000): 102.3/85.3. I think I’ve solved my problem of yesterday and, indeed, reached the climax–or at least the start of the climax (and an explosive one it is, too–literally) today. I have also, as you’ll note, achieved my contractually specified word …
The first sentence I wrote today…
Andy King looked around at the rest of his team: Justin, looking pale and in pain, but composed; Derryl, implacable as always; Annie, mouth drawn into a tight, determined line. Words today: 2,543Total words: 99,353Percentage complete (100,000/120,000): 99.4/82.8 Didn’t get my 5,000 today, mainly because I seem to, um, be having some problem reaching my …
The first sentence I wrote today
(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 …
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 …
An astonishing example of telepathy on my part
I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking, “Hey, aren’t you supposed to be finishing up the sequel to Marseguro? How come I haven’t seen a ‘first line I wrote today’ update for a while?” The reason, dear reader, is simple: I have been fleeing a deadline for ages, but it finally caught up to me, …
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