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leahbobetNovember 3, 2011 Progress Notes:
"Five Autopsies"
Words today: 300.
Words total: 1500.
Reason for stopping: Sleepy.
Books in progress: Charles Yu, How to Live Safely in a Science-Fictional Universe.
Not exactly the most kickass of writing nights, but I am strangely tired. And several author-duty things came up that needed immediate attention, so most of my evening went thataway.
Above is starting to get some more prepub reviews (yes, I am fiendishly tracking comment with the unstoppable power of...GoogleAlerts):
Here's one from A Million Words, which says very nice things.
And here's Britt Leigh using it as a jumping-off point for some thoughts on diversity in fiction. Which is calming, to see someone saying that you did it passably right.
I don't know if I'm going to reliably blog reviews for this book: I do it for short stories, yes, but that's a bit of a different beast -- a much less contentious one, in some respects! -- and the volumes are much different. I guess for now, while they're still thin on the ground, I'll note them? But we'll see how things go later on?
In any case, if you want to weigh in with preferences as to that, this is the place.
"Five Autopsies"
Words today: 300.
Words total: 1500.
Reason for stopping: Sleepy.
Books in progress: Charles Yu, How to Live Safely in a Science-Fictional Universe.
Not exactly the most kickass of writing nights, but I am strangely tired. And several author-duty things came up that needed immediate attention, so most of my evening went thataway.
Above is starting to get some more prepub reviews (yes, I am fiendishly tracking comment with the unstoppable power of...GoogleAlerts):
Here's one from A Million Words, which says very nice things.
It has been a while since I read a book this lyrical. Seeing through Matthew's eyes, thinking his thoughts--I could almost believe that Safe is real. The prose is lovely, round, and vivid; at times it felt like poetry. At other times it felt like a painting come to life.
And here's Britt Leigh using it as a jumping-off point for some thoughts on diversity in fiction. Which is calming, to see someone saying that you did it passably right.
I don't know if I'm going to reliably blog reviews for this book: I do it for short stories, yes, but that's a bit of a different beast -- a much less contentious one, in some respects! -- and the volumes are much different. I guess for now, while they're still thin on the ground, I'll note them? But we'll see how things go later on?
In any case, if you want to weigh in with preferences as to that, this is the place.
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Date: 2011-11-04 10:32 am (UTC)Don't think there's any obligation on you to blog reviews - go with the whim. But the really shiny ones go on your website, obviously...
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Date: 2011-11-04 01:49 pm (UTC)