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2007-05-12 10:19 AM Red read red Previous Entry :: Next Entry Read/Post Comments (4) Guess what? I've got an advance copy of Red Seas Under Red Skies, the second Locke Lamora book by Scott Lynch. I'm a happy boy. Though reading it is so fun it made me want to write, as good books invariably do, so last night I committed another couple thousand words on Dead Reign, introducing the revivified mummy of that racist murdering asshat John Wilkes Booth. (Writing Booth's dialogue is easier than I'd expected. I mean, the guy had a tendency to quote (and misquote) Shakespeare at the least provocation, and the Bard's complete works are online as searchable text, so.) All together I wrote about 8,000 words on the novel this week. If I can be that productive every week, these deadlines will be a breeze! (Note: I do not expect to be that productive every week.) My method of plotting novels might generously be called "Tossing a lot of balls in the air and trying to juggle most of them." I figure, if I set up a lot of stuff at the beginning, I'll have a lot of options for complications and re-complications later on. And things that become crazy loose ends can be snipped out in revisions. (Actually, this seldom happens. Most of the ideas get used.) Here's a list of some Cool or Interesting Stuff I want to include in Dead Reign:
There's other stuff, too. But that's the main shortlist. I'm off to read and talk and party at Borderlands Books at 3 p.m. today, for the launch of the new Tiptree Awards anthology from Tachyon Publications. Doing a panel on gender and sexuality and such with John Varley and Pat Murphy. Should be neat. Swing by if you're local. (Or have a really fast jet.) Read/Post Comments (4) Previous Entry :: Next Entry Back to Top |
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