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Locus Awards, Turkey, and Writing
Apr. 23rd, 2007 05:22 pmThe Locus finalists have been posted. Why is it the list of books I need to read keeps growing--far faster than I'm writing my own novel?
Speaking of, Sherwood Smith has a new book coming out sooner than I expected. I'm reading Inda right now, which is a challenging read due to the narration style, but I'm really enjoying it. The new one, Senrid, is due out next month, if I read amazon correctly. This is also when Shanna Swendson's new novel, Damsel under Stress, is going to be out.
It's a good thing I just got a Barnes and Noble gift card.
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I had my first nightmare about the Greece and Turkey trip last night. I dreamed that I woke up on the Monday we were supposed to be leaving and hadn't packed yet! I also had several press releases I was supposed to post before leaving. As it turned out, we were going to be flying out of Miami, and all the students were to take a train from New York to DC, then on to Florida. I don't know if a train even runs that whole stretch, but it can't be a fast journey. Then the only luggage I could find was reminiscent of those huge liquid containers that McDonald's used to use to bring out the "orange drink" to kids birthday parties.
This was not a pleasant way to sleep.
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My updated word count looks like I haven't made much progress because I think the story is going to require an additional 10,000 words. I'm hoping I can accomplish it in less, because I'm really ready for the first draft to be finished and out the door.
I've come to the point where I say to the novel, "It's not that I don't love you anymore, it's just that you're driving me crazy."
Speaking of, Sherwood Smith has a new book coming out sooner than I expected. I'm reading Inda right now, which is a challenging read due to the narration style, but I'm really enjoying it. The new one, Senrid, is due out next month, if I read amazon correctly. This is also when Shanna Swendson's new novel, Damsel under Stress, is going to be out.
It's a good thing I just got a Barnes and Noble gift card.
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I had my first nightmare about the Greece and Turkey trip last night. I dreamed that I woke up on the Monday we were supposed to be leaving and hadn't packed yet! I also had several press releases I was supposed to post before leaving. As it turned out, we were going to be flying out of Miami, and all the students were to take a train from New York to DC, then on to Florida. I don't know if a train even runs that whole stretch, but it can't be a fast journey. Then the only luggage I could find was reminiscent of those huge liquid containers that McDonald's used to use to bring out the "orange drink" to kids birthday parties.
This was not a pleasant way to sleep.
--
My updated word count looks like I haven't made much progress because I think the story is going to require an additional 10,000 words. I'm hoping I can accomplish it in less, because I'm really ready for the first draft to be finished and out the door.
I've come to the point where I say to the novel, "It's not that I don't love you anymore, it's just that you're driving me crazy."
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86,245 / 100,000 (86.2%) |
