Last week I finished doing a major revision on Jim and the Flims. I'd had my character Weena talking in the familiar Phil-Dickian California-speak that I've learned to do so smoothly. But if she's really from 1907, it really makes more sense if she has an old-timey manner of speech. So I'm going through the book, searching for every occurrence of "Weena," and rewriting all her lines.
I have a slight worry that I'm losing some nice Val-girl zingers, like "Don't worry," but those are, after ...
Published on September 30, 2009 23:47