Writing Past, Writing Present, and Writing Yet To Come
Writing Yet To Come:
A question for knitters or "I might consider knitting" people.
I'm working on $600 in Therapy and a Free Afghan, which is meant to be a guide to simple, portable knitting projects "for the nervous, the newbie, and most especially, the nervous newbie." The idea is that everything is made as nonthreatening and nonstressful as possible. Number your needles to keep track of rows in the pattern, for example (everything is based on a 1, 2, or 4-row pattern).
And no jargon. I want to use a format that seems clear to me - even if I seem to have invented it. "|" stands for a stitch marker. If you only know a little about knitting, and don't want to be an expert, does this look like something you could follow?
ROW 1: K3 | P3 | K1, P1 for 6 stitches | P3 | K3
ROW 2: K3 | K3 | P1, K1 for 6 stitches | K3 | K3
(A regular knitting book would probably say "3 stitches garter, sm, 3 stitches stockinette, sm, six stitches seed, sm, 3 stockinette, 3 garter.")
Poll
Writing Present
A second copy of Qualities of Leadership just showed up - I guess Big Finish had meant to send comp copies all along. But then I wouldn't have had it to wave around Media*West, so I think I'm going to give this one to my parents... who still can't quite believe that someone gave me good money to write that TV science fiction crap I mysteriously still haven't outgrown.
Unreality SF has a review of the book. A good review of the book, and don't think for a moment that I wasn't worried that some karma was going to come home to roost:
DeCandido has assembled a talented band of contributors, ranging from Who veterans (James Swallow) to writers more familiar to other audiences (Diane Duane), and even newcomers to the world of published fiction (Linnea Dodson). The theme is, as the title suggests, leadership - and readers are taken on an enjoyable ride through twelve stories featuring kings and queens, emperors, and aliens...
The Fifth Doctor and Nyssa make another appearance in Linnea Dodson's excellent "God Send Me Well to Keep," a beautifully-written visit to Tudor England, a setting which Dodson captures graphically, and which seems to complement Nyssa fantastically well. This is a colourful and lively tale from a talented new author, and is perhaps another of the anthology's highlights.
...Leadership is a brilliant triumph. The stories are longer than normal for a Short Trips anthology, giving more of a chance for development and involvement, and the characterisations are (one or two misfires aside) consistently perfect. This is a group of authors who clearly know their Who, and care a lot about the characters.
*squees and faints*
Writing Past
This seems to lead nicely into the meme that's making the rounds: Ask me a question about one of my stories. It can be absolutely anything in any fic and I will tell you the honest-to-god answer. Don’t hold back. Ask about my plans for future parts of my current series if you want to, but keep in mind, I may not have anything firm/definite in the works. Anything. Whatever you ask, I will try my best to answer.
Still speaking of writing - secret message to mtgat: Have not forgotten to actually, y'know, POST - this cold is slowing me down so I'm going to give it a last look and make your edits and put it up this weekend.
A question for knitters or "I might consider knitting" people.
I'm working on $600 in Therapy and a Free Afghan, which is meant to be a guide to simple, portable knitting projects "for the nervous, the newbie, and most especially, the nervous newbie." The idea is that everything is made as nonthreatening and nonstressful as possible. Number your needles to keep track of rows in the pattern, for example (everything is based on a 1, 2, or 4-row pattern).
And no jargon. I want to use a format that seems clear to me - even if I seem to have invented it. "|" stands for a stitch marker. If you only know a little about knitting, and don't want to be an expert, does this look like something you could follow?
ROW 1: K3 | P3 | K1, P1 for 6 stitches | P3 | K3
ROW 2: K3 | K3 | P1, K1 for 6 stitches | K3 | K3
(A regular knitting book would probably say "3 stitches garter, sm, 3 stitches stockinette, sm, six stitches seed, sm, 3 stockinette, 3 garter.")
Poll
Writing Present
A second copy of Qualities of Leadership just showed up - I guess Big Finish had meant to send comp copies all along. But then I wouldn't have had it to wave around Media*West, so I think I'm going to give this one to my parents... who still can't quite believe that someone gave me good money to write that TV science fiction crap I mysteriously still haven't outgrown.
Unreality SF has a review of the book. A good review of the book, and don't think for a moment that I wasn't worried that some karma was going to come home to roost:
DeCandido has assembled a talented band of contributors, ranging from Who veterans (James Swallow) to writers more familiar to other audiences (Diane Duane), and even newcomers to the world of published fiction (Linnea Dodson). The theme is, as the title suggests, leadership - and readers are taken on an enjoyable ride through twelve stories featuring kings and queens, emperors, and aliens...
The Fifth Doctor and Nyssa make another appearance in Linnea Dodson's excellent "God Send Me Well to Keep," a beautifully-written visit to Tudor England, a setting which Dodson captures graphically, and which seems to complement Nyssa fantastically well. This is a colourful and lively tale from a talented new author, and is perhaps another of the anthology's highlights.
...Leadership is a brilliant triumph. The stories are longer than normal for a Short Trips anthology, giving more of a chance for development and involvement, and the characterisations are (one or two misfires aside) consistently perfect. This is a group of authors who clearly know their Who, and care a lot about the characters.
*squees and faints*
Writing Past
This seems to lead nicely into the meme that's making the rounds: Ask me a question about one of my stories. It can be absolutely anything in any fic and I will tell you the honest-to-god answer. Don’t hold back. Ask about my plans for future parts of my current series if you want to, but keep in mind, I may not have anything firm/definite in the works. Anything. Whatever you ask, I will try my best to answer.
Still speaking of writing - secret message to mtgat: Have not forgotten to actually, y'know, POST - this cold is slowing me down so I'm going to give it a last look and make your edits and put it up this weekend.