Apparently he has a book where there are two cities and they, like, overlap. That’s what I heard anyway, and if someone else had written it maybe that would matter. I used to respect Jerry Holkins’ opinions when it came to book recommendations. I’ve added to my library substantially over the years according to his […]
Derailed!
My word count on my novel will be pathetically miniscule this week, as I have suffered a major setback. That setback was not medical, mental, or spiritual. It was merely a side-effect of my inability to focus on anything for any extended period of time. Sometime this past weekend, I caught on a great (or […]
Novel progress: week 1
I’m not going to make this a habit because I don’t want to attempt to switch too often between “blog writer” and “fiction writer” hats. It doesn’t hurt, but it kills my motivation. But I had to mark this occasion. Yesterday, I hit 4,300 words, which is just 50 words over my first week goal. […]
Track the progress of my novel
The outline is complete. I’ve now bolted down the first words in my second attempt at writing a novel (first attempt was for NaNoWriMo, and as far as I’m concerned, doesn’t actually count). So now, I need to be held accountable for actually getting this sorry scrap-heap of nonsense into an actual, honest-to-goodness palatable work […]
John Scalzi is a genius and I hate him for it
(I’m still on my blogging moratorium – but I needed to get this out while it was still swimming around in my head) I don’t really hate John Scalzi, but I do. I just finished The Last Colony the other night, and it was – as expected – completely excellent in every conceivable way. Indeed, […]
“We all agreed that we really don’t know what will happen in the future”
I live in a small town in the middle of Iowa. Part of being in a small town means you have a little book club consisting entirely of little old ladies that get together once a month to talk about whatever it is little old ladies read and discuss. I don’t know what possessed the […]
Tor.com launches! Scifi geeks gain a(nother) home
As if there weren’t already enough places for geeks to hang out online, another challenger approaches! Popular science fiction publisher Tor has re-launched their website as a mini scifi geek social network, and I have to admit, it has an excellent set of initial features and offerings. First things first: here’s my profile. It will […]
Is this what Monday mornings are like for scifi writers?
In keeping with the disappointing scifi discussion I started last week, my feed updated this morning with a painfully dreadful post on the scifi/fantasy novelists blog from David B. Coe. In it, Coe talks about what it’s like to be a midlist author. I’m not really going anywhere with this post. I have a book to […]
I am a poor excuse for a fan of science fiction
So, nominees for the Hugo awards have been announced. Here’s my thoughts: Nominees for Best Novel The Yiddish Policemen’s Union Michael Chabon (I haven’t read this one yet) Brasyl Ian McDonald (haven’t gotten to this one, either) Rollback Robert J. Sawyer (nope, haven’t read it) The Last Colony John Scalzi (I’ve read Old Man’s War […]
Green Leopard Plague
I finished reading the first winner in the 2006 Nebula Showcase (yes, I’m one year behind. But this is one of the last compilations to be edited by Gardner Dozois prior to his extensive surgery, so I’m entitled to play catch-up). In any case, the winning novella was Green Leopard Plague by Walter Jon Williams, […]