The latest addition to the blogroll is foolscap, a brilliant blog, you should go there right now before you notice how ugly my blog looks when I haven’t been posting enough entries and the links banner goes all weird and takes over...
Today I got to the end of my Costa Rican adventure, but I also edited a whole lot out because it was bloody terrible, and some of it was repetitive. So now it’s only 26,000 words, which isn’t really a book. The thing is, at the moment I’ve only written stuff that I know for certain happened... but I just don’t remember enough, so I think I’m going to have to invent a few details to add texture. Or just describe some things the way I think they were but don’t know absolutely for certain. Or something... maybe I should just turn it into a fiction work. Could be cool! It’s all made me dreadfully homesick for Costa Rica, and for all my friends. Anyway, if anyone wants to read it and give me feedback...
I have a splitting headache and I can’t get to sleep, but I wish I could cos I have an assessment tomorrow.
Went to the Return of the King tonight. Ok, so despite my reservations I enjoyed it, though I found it hard to resist the urge to yell out things like “Give him a kiss, Sam!” I didn’t expect to laugh so much – I don’t remember the book being a comedy.
Posted by Fionnaigh at January 15, 2004 12:31 AMAw, thanks for the plug *blushes*
Your extracts are great! I want to read more, more, more. You have a wonderful eye for detail and it's a really interesting adventure. As for inventing stuff, I reckon go for it! Costa Rica is going to be unfamiliar to most NZ readers, so I reckon it'd be great to learn even more about the sights, sounds, culture. I look forward to the next extract :)
Posted by: Tracey at January 15, 2004 01:05 AMI like your extracts too. Are they from the young adults novel?
How are your eyes finding the new colour scheme on Special Knives?
Posted by: suraya at January 15, 2004 05:52 AM26000 words is an odd length I know, the book of short stories I wrote in 2002 is that long (there was an equal quantity of unfinished or mediocre stuff). Could call it a novella? The good thing with 26000 words is that when I laid it out it came to 80 pages ie 20 sheets of A4, which is about the thickest a stapler can handle. Good for self-publishing if you want to do that as a temporary measure or 'demo version'.
Posted by: Dave at January 15, 2004 07:17 AM