Got a little further with the supplemental work for Jump Space — trying to keep the family trees straight! There are a lot of characters, it’s very complicated! I had sketched it out on big sheets of paper, but that wasn’t going to be very easy to share with Jed for editing, or any of […]
I drafted what I *think* is the last new material for the Jump Space book yesterday, sitting in a cafe at 10,834 feet, at the peak of San Jacinto (photos coming shortly!). It was sort of satisfying, sitting on top of a mountain to finish drafting the book. Woot! Woohoo! Huzzah!!! I won’t call the
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Interlude 4. This one is almost a mini-story, and yes, more spoilers. But if you’ve read “Among the Marithei,” this interlude is a sequel to that! … … … … … Interlude: Amara’s lit. teacher, Marta Popovich, was reading out to the class from an actual printed book, bound in real leather (ick!), a book
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Interlude 3, done. This one has some real spoilers, so for those who care, a little space break: … … … … … … … Interlude: Sometimes Joshua would stay on Kriti, sometimes Sarita – though Sarita usually ended up fighting with her parents when she did. Occasionally, all four adults would go on the
Interlude 2, drafted. Time for second breakfast. When I write, I am very hobbit-like. Write for an hour, eat something. Write for another hour, eat something else. Not usually very big things, and I do mix in some exercise too, or I would regret it. Today, leftovers from last night of rice and Vietnamese shaking
I started reading Arkady Martine’s _A Memory Called Empire_ last night (in the hot tub, because I was sore from all the walking and needed to soak my hips for a bit, and I have to admit, it was sort of funny reading a book in a hot tub that is otherwise full of somewhat
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Plan for today: – woke up at 5 a.m. (because still on Chicago time, which is just fine) – 5-6:30: chatted with Roshani (both of us half-awake), got up, threw on clothes, swung by 7-11 (because nothing else open) for chicken taquito and milk for coffee – 6:30 – 7:15: travel blogging for yesterday –
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Okay, so to set the stage, I’ll remind y’all that my friend was going out to Palm Springs for a vacation with some girlfriends, and she had an extra bed in her room and said if I could swing the plane ticket, I was welcome to come crash there, and I thought about my plan
I’m running into questions about dating things in my SF universe. I really don’t think humans on a colony planet would keep using Earth dates — the year is a different length, for one thing. So they’d probably have their own local dates, I imagine starting with Year One being the year of settlement. But
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I took a little time today to try to figure out where I am on all the Jump Space-related book projects. I think at last count, I have AT LEAST 7 (!) books I want to write in this universe. I’d better get hustling. ****** Jump Space STORIES: – revise “Hush” for Tor.com (URGENT) –
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