Russell Kirkpatrick's Journal
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Mood: Relaxed
Now reading: Nothing
Home again, and having slept 13 hours a day for the last two days, I think I'm over my jet lag.
So: did I get my money back?
Yes. You bet.
I growled at the Cathay Pacific people, and very nice woman admitted that she'd been in charge when the mistake had been made. She assured me it was their mistake and would be put right. Spiked my guns, she did: I was looking forward to shouting.
Well, on to novel writing. I have two people working on the atlas stuff: for now I will focus exclusively on writing. My goal is 3000 words per day. I'll report to you on my progress.
3000 words a day BUT will they be any good
Posted By Linda / Posted At 1/17/07 4:05 PM
How evil of her. She admitted she was right, straight away, and fixed the problem? Before you could really get into shouting mode? Evilness at its height - I suspect this woman would have made a wonderful minion, being that good at keeping people off balance
Posted By Sharyn / Posted At 1/17/07 4:08 PM
All words are good. It's a matter of what order I put them in.
Posted By russell / Posted At 1/17/07 4:08 PM
I've always fancied reading an epic fantasy with the words in alpabetical order, myself. "A bit cruel," for instance might be the very first words you write.
Posted By
Gillian / Posted At 1/17/07 8:27 PM
You mean something like:
'A bit cruel!' Delphinia expostulated.
'From great heights, incidentally,' Jocasta Kiniminster lamented. 'Maybe nothing, or perhaps quixotic?'
'Rather!' she teased. 'Unless - '
'Very worrying x-ray, yeah?'
'Zealot!'
and so on...
Posted By russell / Posted At 1/18/07 6:12 AM
Very clever Russell, how about if every word began with an R
Posted By Linda / Posted At 1/18/07 5:23 PM
I want a novel, not a simple abcedary. (Are abcedaries related to dromedaries? Inquiring minds want to know.)
Posted By
Gillian / Posted At 1/18/07 7:34 PM
I did say 'and so on,' Gillian. I was asking whether that was the sort of thing you meant. You are such a hard taskperson.
All 'R's would be tough. I do know there's a novel out there which does not have a single letter 'e' in it: http://www.spinelessbooks.com/gadsby/
The world is a strang plac.
Posted By Russell / Posted At 1/19/07 5:06 AM
Yes, Russell, like that. It's the sort of thing I mean (except with an understandable plot and good characterisation etc). 40,000 words minimum. And it would be nice to see it soon :).
Posted By
Gillian / Posted At 1/19/07 11:26 AM
But Gillian, I can't do understandable plot or good characterisation no matter what letter the words begin with ...
Posted By russell / Posted At 1/19/07 2:19 PM
You believe the one critic who pans you rather than the thousands who (silently) adore your work? Obviously you just need a bit more practice at the word order thing so as to communicate your immense talents to the unseeing few.
Posted By
Gillian / Posted At 1/19/07 7:49 PM
Someone panned my work? Who were they? I'll duff them up ...
Ah, I hope no one takes us seriously, Gillian.
Posted By russell / Posted At 1/20/07 3:26 AM
You're joking, right? *g*
It would be interesting if someone took us seriously. We could invent vast scholarly theories based on parlour games and give examples of deeper meanings by quoting novels we never intend to write.
Posted By
Gillian / Posted At 1/20/07 8:37 PM
It's been done, Gillian. It's called post-modernism.
Posted By Russell / Posted At 1/21/07 5:26 AM
That's old hat. We can use much better parlour games on which we can base a whole empire of vast theories.
Posted By
Gillian / Posted At 1/21/07 8:35 PM
Waiting waiting waiting for new blog. Ok, so I know both arms are causing grief, but how are the toes?
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