…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 …
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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
The first sentence I wrote yesterday…
OK, technically this is two sentences. Tough! My blog, my rules:Emily didn’t know what to say. How did one respond to the clone of the scientist who created one’s entire race when he expressed his determination to wipe it out?Words yesterday: 1,158Total words: 77,804Percentage complete (120,000/100,000): 64.8/77.8 See, this is why I like writing science …
The first sentences I wrote the day before yesterday and yesterday
The day before yesterday: The backpack provided by Victor Hansen for Chris’s journey inland was heavy enough that he felt it, but not so heavy he thought he couldn’t carry it. Yesterday: “Transmission from the surface for Captain Hansen,” the computer said suddenly. Last two days’ total: 3,428Total thus far: 76,646Percentages (120,000/100,000): 63.9/76.6 And thus …
The first sentence I wrote yesterday…
When Andy King returned to the makeshift morgue, Richard tried to ignore him as he had before: but Andy wouldn’t let him.Words yesterday: 2,383Total words: 70,529Percentage complete (120,000/100,000): 58.8/70.5And so we pass the 70,000-word milestone…
The first sentence I wrote today…
“Derryl?” Richard whispered to the sniper.Words today: 2,430Total words: 68,143Percentage complete (120,000/100,000): 56.8/68.1 Big action sequence tonight, which always moves along quickly. By the way, if you’re wondering how many pages 68,143 words is, I’m currently on page 328 if I put everything in standard manuscript format, and if I were printing the thing out …
The mood pen
Remember the mood rings of the ’70s? Now Phillips has come up with the mood pen. Why struggle with finding just the right words to express how you feel when you can use a pen that will sense your mood and express it for you through the thickness of line and colour of ink? (Phillips) …
The first sentence I wrote yesterday…
Even without Emily, the shuttle was too small for all of them: it would only take four, and they were six. Words yesterday: 2,386Total words: 65,713Percentage (120,000 words/100,000 words): 54.8/65.7
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