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A science fiction legend is no more

Sad news: Jack Williamson, who has been writing science fiction for almost as long as science fiction has existed as a genre (his first story was published in 1928, his last novel was published in 2005), died today. He was 98. His last novel was The Stonehenge Gate, published last year. I read it and …

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The first sentence I wrote today…

It took Richard only two minutes to discover that his carefully laid plans to disable the Orbital Bombardment System from the bridge would not work.Current word count: 91,634New words this session: 1,807Percentage of novel completed: 91.6 Over 90 percent done! Woo-hoo! The end (er, THE END) is near…

The first sentence I wrote today…

Emily didn’t like the way Richard looked. Current word count: 89,827New words this session: 1,814Percentage of novel completed: 89.8 No, this hasn’t turned into some kind of chicklit novel. See, Richard is injured at this point, and Emily is worried about him. She actually thinks he’s very handsome…well, for a non-genetically modified human. I hope …

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The first sentence I wrote today…

As she waited with Richard for the airlock to cycle and let them through into the Sanctification, Emily slipped her laser pistol from its holster. Current word count: 88,013New words this session: 3,280Percentage of novel completed: 88.0 Another very SFfish sentence to start with today, what with a cycling airlock and a laser pistol, to …

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The first sentence I wrote today…

The first Chris Keating knew of the arrival of the Holy Warriors aboard BPS Sanctification was the shrilling of an alarm that woke him from a deep sleep. Current word count: 84,733New words this session: 3,117Percentage of novel completed: 84.7 Two good sessions today. Just a little over 15,000 words to go to 100,000. (Whether …

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Nominated for the Giller…

…but full of errors. I have sympathy for both the author and the proofreaders–Lord knows I make plenty of my own errers…er, errors…but these seem particularly blatant. The proofreaders certainly shouldn’t have missed them, but the author should have caught them himself when he read the galleys.

The first sentence I wrote today…

It looked like all the Holy Warriors on the far side of the shuttle were also dead or wounded…but the snipers had gotten only three of the four machine-gunners inside. Current word count: 81,616New words this session: 2,767Percentage of novel completed: 81.6 Four-fifths done…

The first sentence I wrote today…

Cheveldeoff sat in the main briefing room of the Retribution with Grand Deacon Braun, watching the video feeds streaming back from the descending shuttle. Current word count: 78,849New words this session: 1,074Percentage of novel completed: 78.8 Everything today was written in the 45 minutes or so I had to myself in the snack room of …

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The first sentence I wrote today…

“BPS Sanctification to approaching vessel,” Chris Keating said into the microphone of the headset he’d worn since the ship’s computer had announced that another Holy Warrior vessel had entered the system.Current word count: 77,775New words this session: 2,511Percentage of novel completed: 77.7 I wrote more words than it looks like today; once again I backed …

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The first sentence I wrote today…

After disconnecting, Chris sat in shuddering fury for a few seconds, then exploded out of the communications room and went zooming down the ship’s central shaft, zero-G suiting his mood more than the lunar-G environs of the rotating outer hull.Current word count: 75,264New words this session: 3,278Percentage of novel completed: 75.2 And so we pass …

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The first sentence I wrote today…

Chris Keating spent the first couple of hours of his time on board the BPS Sanctification being shouted at by various Holy Warriors of increasing rank, but soon enough they were all too sick to shout. Current word count: 71,986New words this session: 2,366Percentage of novel completed: 71.9 Two sessions again today, but not as …

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The first sentence I wrote today…

From one prison to another, Richard thought, surveying the bare and barely-big-enough-to-stretch-out-in cabin/cubicle in which he’d been locked on board the Selkie sub. Current word count: 69,620New words this session: 3,467Percentage of novel completed: 69.2 Two sessions today, hence the increased verbiage. I need to push through to the end of the first draft, so …

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