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Jul. 3rd, 2013 09:44 amThe radio silence over the last couple of weeks is because I've been busy and/or not well. All spare energy has been going into 150 words a day on the current WIP, and besides, I've got nothing to talk about on the blog.
Anyway, because I spent quite a lot of yesterday sitting on various buses, I have now read all three of the Hugo short story nominees, all five of the novelettes, and have started on Captain Vorpatril's Alliance. This is where the e-reader comes in very handy -- I can dump a lot of shorts from disparate sources onto a single small object that fits in my handbag, instead of carting around multiple anthologies and magazines. I'm still busy, but I may write notes before my memory fades, if only to assist me in putting together my vote for those categories.
The WIP is another contemporary m/m. I'm not convinced that the 150 words for many of those days are much good, but they serve the purpose of keeping the pump primed. I'd rather have something that's going to need heavy editing when it's done in three months or so, than the occasional bit of exquisite prose that takes me half an hour to get back into when I pick it up again a week or two later.
Anyway, because I spent quite a lot of yesterday sitting on various buses, I have now read all three of the Hugo short story nominees, all five of the novelettes, and have started on Captain Vorpatril's Alliance. This is where the e-reader comes in very handy -- I can dump a lot of shorts from disparate sources onto a single small object that fits in my handbag, instead of carting around multiple anthologies and magazines. I'm still busy, but I may write notes before my memory fades, if only to assist me in putting together my vote for those categories.
The WIP is another contemporary m/m. I'm not convinced that the 150 words for many of those days are much good, but they serve the purpose of keeping the pump primed. I'd rather have something that's going to need heavy editing when it's done in three months or so, than the occasional bit of exquisite prose that takes me half an hour to get back into when I pick it up again a week or two later.