So I'm having a decent day. A decent week. I'm a little freaked out to learn that, according a recent poll, 51 percent of americans don't believe in evolution. Now, I want to be absolutely clear on this. Fuck that. Fuck those people. Fuck those ignorant, empty air worshipping fuckheds. I tell my european friends that americans aren't honestly that stupid. Well, maybe I'm wrong....
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Last night, to celebrate my recent story-selling-ness, I drank the aged wine. What kind of idiot gets drunk on a wednesday night? So now I am in precisely two incompatiable states. Hungover and At Work. Well, at least my job is of a non-technical, non-precision oriented, slack fest. Oh wait. It is exactly the opposite of that.
I am displeased with this.
I am displeased with this.
Interzone bought my damn story. Damn it. Damn. Now I have to sit through a boring workday and act normal and not, you know, dance around and sing and laugh. But that's what I'm doing inside. Dancing and singing and laugh like an IDIOT!
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lenox:
hey...if i invented Halo....and could retire to a boat in the middle of wherever i wanted to be....i'd so do it
...and dont act like you wouldn't too!
...and dont act like you wouldn't too!
liante:
Yay! Congrats. What kind of story was it?
Re: breaking the GPA -- not so much. Maybe if I were smarter and/or more inclined to work sensibly instead of bass-ackwards half the time. But yes, I'm certainly one of those drudgy good-little-Asian-kid nerd people. Breaking the system is something truly inconceivable in my world.
Re: breaking the GPA -- not so much. Maybe if I were smarter and/or more inclined to work sensibly instead of bass-ackwards half the time. But yes, I'm certainly one of those drudgy good-little-Asian-kid nerd people. Breaking the system is something truly inconceivable in my world.
So, what is probably the final draft of the rewrite is complete. That took several passes, a little back and forth. It should probably be heading to the full editorial counsel sometime this week. Nerve-wracking.
liante:
I've learned that getting up early is better than staying up late.
Well, the first draft of the rewrite for IZ is done. That really took up a lot of my bandwidth. I'm just gonna coast for, oh, maybe 18 hours before my next project comes down. Ah, 18 hours of bliss, interrupted only by the constant grind of the day job, an unpleasantly deep-lung cough and other social obligations. Cheers!
liante:
Goodkind is amazing because he's bad in so many fucking ways at the same time. It's like the Triple Crown of Awfulness, and he's got a perfect sweep. It is, really, the one thing he can do well.
What is it that you like about science fiction?
What is it that you like about science fiction?
liante:
Eee, I'm sorry. Thank you for bringing that to my attention; I would have lost your comment if you hadn't.
I loved Gibson's Neuromancer, and (most of) the short stories in Burning Chrome. After that, his work spiraled out beyond my ability to follow. But it's nice to find a fellow fan.
I agree with your assessment of sci-fi. I don't read it that much, but when I do it's usually near-future work; distant-future tends to be a little too speculative for my taste.
I loved Gibson's Neuromancer, and (most of) the short stories in Burning Chrome. After that, his work spiraled out beyond my ability to follow. But it's nice to find a fellow fan.
I agree with your assessment of sci-fi. I don't read it that much, but when I do it's usually near-future work; distant-future tends to be a little too speculative for my taste.
Very complicated days here. I've got a rewrite request from Interzone, and it's absorbing a disproportionate amount of my mental bandwidth. It's tough to retool your narrative apparatus and apply it to a story that you thought you'd finished. Anyway. It's going to be a good story, it's just not going to be the story I intended. It is, however, going to be a story...
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hermes:
Wow, glad to hear you got something accepted - do you know which issue it will be in?
bbkaro:
Fixing the remote was huge! I almost got through a whole DVD last night. That never would have happened before the big battery replacement.
So... story? Interzone? Excited, yeah? When do we get to read it?
So... story? Interzone? Excited, yeah? When do we get to read it?
Met Neil Gaiman last night. And I mean met in the vaguest sense possible. He signed a book that I had purchased, and he smiled at me, and I nodded. Cuz I'm a pratt.
velocity:
Do they ever! I put some in with my green beans, and they are dee-super-licious.
Sometime last week, we took my dog in to get her nails clipped. My dog is a german shepherd. She does not suffer her nails to be clipped lightly. Anyway. On the way home, I sat in the back of the car with the dog. The struggle had worn her out, so she was just sitting and panting. We had all the windows open, and...
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velocity:
You ought to be a professional motivator! I'm totally going to go finish it all right now! Did you ever get around to reading it?
velocity:
My god, I think you've just written the great American novel. I want 10% when it gets published.
I have just finished reading issue zero of Grant Morrison's Seven Soldiers. I am happy. All is well.
bbkaro:
Attaboy!
Klarion is the best book in the series so far...
Klarion is the best book in the series so far...
This was a bad week for me. Every once in a while I get sick of my job. I mean, I'm always a little sick of my job, but this is more of an extreme reaction. I have trouble being polite to my coworkers. I have trouble getting out of bed in the morning. When I get home, I'm so depressed that I can't work...
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velocity:
Yeah, it might be a fair race if I cut all your fingers off. I'd rather cheer you on than handicap you, though. I'm okay with the pace at which I write. This one's going to be illustrated, so it gives the artist a bit of time to catch up if I'm slow. Plus, I probably spend as much time knitting every day (or more) as you do writing.
I would, by the way, be very interested in reading something you've written.
I would, by the way, be very interested in reading something you've written.
velocity:
Psh, I doubt you're shit. I'm a firm believer that practice is what makes a person a good writer, and the only thing dependent on talent are the varying degrees of good. You've had much more practice than I have.
Mostly to agree with you, but also because you just made me realize that I just posted my first f-word-free journal entry ever. Had to compensate.
I've never been to a fantasy, sci-fi, or gaming convention. Never. Not even a little one. I will go to Gen-Con someday if it kills me (and it might).
Re: pressing on fountain pens -- yeah yeah, I know. I was ten! What do you want!
I couldn't use them now anyway. I like being able to erase my mistakes too much.