November 18, 2003
Alive? Well, mostly...
Between the power going out on Wednesday, the cable modem being out until Friday, going away for part of the weekend, I've been scarce of late.
I've been reading a lot. I started George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones on Wednesday and finished it Sunday night. All I can say is, wow. That seriously rocked. Oddly enough, the style and the storyline reminded me a lot of Sharon K. Penman's books, except that her setting is historical 13th century Wales and his setting is his own fantasy world. The political situation is very similar though, with all of the intrigue and backstabbing going on--which says a lot about his worldbuilding skills. I dove into the second book in the series with interest, but I've slowed down a little.
Of course, all of this leads up to the fact that not much (read: no) writing has happened lately. I'm not as stressed about it as I was. I finished up the outline for "The Brigand" yesterday. The rest will come. In two more weeks I'll be able to read The Exile's Daughter and see how I like it. I'm thinking I should maybe not start another major project (read: novel) until after I've got an edit of that done.
I think my writing "career" was less frustrating when all I was getting was form rejections. Of late, I've started getting the "almost" rejections. You know, the ones that go "we loved the story, but..." or "we don't quite want this, but send us something else..." At first I was all excited about that, but it's getting frustrating.
Especially the latest one, where I have "an entertaining story with a good twist", but there are "careless mistakes" in it. I have no idea what mistakes they're talking about. They made it sound like it was a grammar or typo thing, but the copy I sent them was typo-free, as far as I could see. I can't help but wonder if something went wrong with the email I sent them. :P
