Writing about writing and reading
I have reached 20,000 words on the novella I've been writing since November of last year. Yeah, that's like, 2000 words per month. But despite the inchworm-like pace I've been maintaining on it, I still feel like reaching this milestone deserves some kind of cheering. However. If I keep up at this pace it won't …
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I just finished the Xenogenesis Trilogy by Octavia E. Butler, and am somewhat shocked that I've not heard of her before now. After reaching the last page and hearing the narrator say 'first published in 1989' I was even more startled. How have I gone most of my life without hearing about this series or author, …
NASA just announced the discovery of over 1200 new planets, doubling the number of confirmed exo-planets. This number, I'm sure, will continue to grow at an exponential rate as our technology improves, until counting planets in exact numbers becomes as pointless as trying to count the exact number of stars. It's looking more likely every …
I'm listening to The Ophiuchi Hotline by John Varley. In a recent scene, a character is described falling into Jupiter. She is wearing a futuristic space suit that keeps her from burning up as she enters the atmosphere, or being crushed by the pressure right away. She falls, and falls, and falls, blacking out several …
I was keeping a journal. A notebook I would write in every day, a thought here and there, a list of events. I have trouble remembering things that happened more than a few weeks ago, so it's a nice help to my distracted brain to write them down. I was into it for a while. …
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