So I have mentioned Judith Tarr (aka ) a time or three on this blog. I met Judy because of our mutual publisher, Luna Books, back when I was a brand-new fledgling author, and she was, well, Judith Tarr, author of a zillion amazing historical fantasies. The first half dozen times I emailed with her, even in the context of the mailing list we were all on, my hands were cold and shaky and my stomach was in knots, because holy crap, what was I doing in the company of…
Recent Reads: THE ISLAND OF DOCTOR MOREAU
I’m afraid that, like with FRANKENSTEIN, my reaction to THE ISLAND OF DOCTOR MOREAU is “Thank God I’ve read that now, because now I never have to read it again.” The two books have more in common than I expected, which is silly, since I know what they’re both about. MOREAU is much more bearable as a read, because the protagonist isn’t nearly as sniveling as Frankenstein is, but the descriptions of pain and vivisection did not make me all that happy. One aspect I did enjoy about both books…
thinks to do, thinks to do
– put some mustard in my shoe – call UPC – get contacts – call/email/something IWC to talk about how much booze is needed for the book signing – hopefully get a massage – groceries. order groceries. possibly i should do that tonight instead of tomorrow. – write the guest blog! – buy shoes – email anne – buy ink perhaps – edit “20 Years After” – start first revision pass on NO DOMINION
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madly busy day and yet so far i have done none, count ’em, none, of the home-based things i need to do. like: – laundry – attempt naan – clean a bathroom – vacuum – clean the kitchen i did this once why does it need doing again dammit and all of that aside is the fact that young indiana woke up ridiculously early and had a very vigorous morning, so now that he’s gone to bed i expect him to take a really good nap, which makes me want…
novella, my hiney
I closed out the NO DOMINION rough draft a couple hours ago, at 60,438 words. Novella, my hiney. It’s exactly twice the length I anticipated it being, and will without a doubt get longer in revisions. Which I am not going to do right now. I may very well even send it in the wreck-of-a-state that it is in, off to the Major Beta Reader for the project, rather than even do my usual revision pass which at least includes getting rid of the notes to myself and trying to…