the Adventure of Writing
Great writing post from Pat this morning.
http://pcwrede.com/blog/my-writing-li...
Art imitates life rather too closely, here...
Ta, L.
http://pcwrede.com/blog/my-writing-li...
Art imitates life rather too closely, here...
Ta, L.
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Tell him the only thing worse then waiting for an author you love to write a new novel for you to devour is realizing that an author you love will never produce another novel for you to devour. Rest in peace David Gemmell.
Maureen wrote: "Dear Lois,I introduced my father to your books almost a year ago and he has now read them all. He's now very cranky at me for introducing him to lovely, wonderful books that are still being writt..."
Not at present, alas. Nothing remains in the pipeline.
On the bright side, decluttering my house is moving along reasonably well. This is not a task I can delegate or hire out, as only I can decide what to keep or pitch. The decisions on either end of the spectrum are easy; it's all the stuff in the middle that's hard. More and more dithering about less and less. I may need to import my neatnik friend to egg me on with the pitching part.
I try to think of every cubic foot removed as a little victory, rather than trying to tackle it all at once. I don't, actually, possess an infinite amount of crap, despite how it feels; I must come to the end of this process in finite time.
Message #2... morbid thought.
Ta, L.
"Nothing remains in the pipeline." I was at a book signing for Captain Vorpatril's Alliance last year and you read us a bit of a story about Miles and Katerina and a junkyard IIRC. Did it not work out?
Shakatany wrote: ""Nothing remains in the pipeline." I was at a book signing for Captain Vorpatril's Alliance last year and you read us a bit of a story about Miles and Katerina and a junkyard IIRC. Did it not work ..."That novella has been stalled in the middle for a very long time. I have tried many things, including ignoring it to make it jealous, but so far no luck.
Ta, L.
"I have tried many things, including ignoring it to make it jealous, but so far no luck." LOLOh dear well I hope your muse returns from vacation with a brilliant ending to it one day.
Still remember my art history professor remarking, "The great inspiration for a majority of the great art of the Renaissance was the artists' pressing need for money." I take comfort in your lack of inspiration, though probably not as much as you do.
John wrote: "Still remember my art history professor remarking, "The great inspiration for a majority of the great art of the Renaissance was the artists' pressing need for money." I take comfort in your lac..."
Your art history prof certainly had his head screwed on straight!
Which is a cue to recommend The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini again, I think. Amazing read. I wonder if children of the 21st century will find it utterly alien -- very like reading science fiction, really.
Ta, L.
How about story ideas?Barrayar develops a new wormhole drive as a result of incidents on Komarr and research of Dr. Riva. This enables linking to more distant wormholes. Miles has to deal with aliens.
LOL
What is the significance of science fiction writing? Do the writers put things in or does the reader see things that just happen to be there or read things in that are not there?Comparing Cryoburn to Captain Vorpatril's Alliance for instance. CVA is a more FUN story but is it as shallow as it appears. The climatic event is the result of technology that was not fully tested encountering a perfect storm.
But what does it remind people of in the real world? If they know enough about the real world, the thalidomide disaster and the de Havilland Comet crashes?
Cryoburn seems the more serious story. But it has a technological flaw also with people dying in cold sleep. But the real issue is how an entire culture implements technology in a peculiar way. Like building suburbs that need cars and then useing up the oil foolishly.
Maybe we don't think about the sci-fi enough and emphasize the writing too much. Maybe the authors are sneakier than they know. LOL
I introduced my father to your books almost a year ago and he has now read them all. He's now very cranky at me for introducing him to lovely, wonderful books that are still being written. I told him I would email you to see if you have anything coming down the pipeline for this coming year. He's a huge fan of Miles.
Can you please help make him less cranky?
Thanks,
Maureen