Books, We Makes 'Em Here
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snurriObligatory Mention Of New Book:
Superpowers is still out there! Hard to tell how it's doing at this point, but word of mouth is the best weapon. So if you've read it and liked it, please tell someone about it. Post a review on your blog or at Amazon. If you read it and didn't care for it, then this is a time for quiet reflection. (OK, I stole that line from Joss Whedon, but it applies.)
Mention Of the Other New Book Which Sometimes Gets Lost In the Shuffle:
Someone (I'm sorry, I forget who) pointed to this Wordle thing. Just for the hell of it I pasted The Sun Inside into it, and I like what I got:
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Slightly Whiny Mention Of Book Which I Am Currently Trying To Fix:
Man. Sometimes revision is just a bit of plastic surgery, ya know? Polish the prose, remove unsightly moles, shave the unsightly bits. And then sometimes it involves the realization that a story is a Frankenstein's monster assembled from multiple thoughts and influences, and that if you want it to put its arms down and bend its knees you're going to have to break some of the bones and re-set them, cut down the leg that's slightly longer than the other. And then you need new flesh and new organs and, yeah. News flash: sometimes writing is hard.
Superpowers is still out there! Hard to tell how it's doing at this point, but word of mouth is the best weapon. So if you've read it and liked it, please tell someone about it. Post a review on your blog or at Amazon. If you read it and didn't care for it, then this is a time for quiet reflection. (OK, I stole that line from Joss Whedon, but it applies.)
Mention Of the Other New Book Which Sometimes Gets Lost In the Shuffle:
Someone (I'm sorry, I forget who) pointed to this Wordle thing. Just for the hell of it I pasted The Sun Inside into it, and I like what I got:
Click for bigger.
Slightly Whiny Mention Of Book Which I Am Currently Trying To Fix:
Man. Sometimes revision is just a bit of plastic surgery, ya know? Polish the prose, remove unsightly moles, shave the unsightly bits. And then sometimes it involves the realization that a story is a Frankenstein's monster assembled from multiple thoughts and influences, and that if you want it to put its arms down and bend its knees you're going to have to break some of the bones and re-set them, cut down the leg that's slightly longer than the other. And then you need new flesh and new organs and, yeah. News flash: sometimes writing is hard.
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Date: 2008-06-27 05:19 pm (UTC)For what it's worth, I've seen Superpowers popping up a lot online. People are talking about it, and that's a Very Good Thing. I'm intrigued by the premise, and will be adding it to the list of books to read.
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Date: 2008-06-27 06:40 pm (UTC)Thanks for the calming words as well :-) I am trying to minimize my freaking-out time by working hard on another book.