It seems selfish
It seems selfish to update the blog only when I want to celebrate the completion of milestones. Where was I when ACA was being debated by reading the good Dr. Seuss? When Syria bunny-hopped over that red line to gas its own people? When the Polar Vortex laid waste to the North East (only temporarily, unfortunately).
First book in my Sky series has been written, rewritten, edited by RedAdept, professionally proofread twice, cover done long ago but updated last night and the thing is FINALLY ready to go. I started this book with an idea I had while lying in bed, staring at the roof window or whatever you call that thing. The year was 1997 and the place was Lelystad Holland. The idea this view sparked was what if, in the future, in a certain part of the world, they ran out of room to keep expanding their cities outward and could only expand upward? Over 700 years, how far upward could they expand? How would movement between lower levels and upper levels be handled? Could people freely move up and down or would there be restrictions? Because, as I lay there looking at a crisp blue Dutch sky from my warm bed, eventually a view of the actual sky would be rare and treasured. People who lived near the top of the "World" in this giant building would guard this view jealously. And how far would the people below go in order to have that view for themselves? Or, over time and generations, would they gradually forget that there even existed a world outside the one they'd always known; contained by walls?
And there we go....
First book in my Sky series has been written, rewritten, edited by RedAdept, professionally proofread twice, cover done long ago but updated last night and the thing is FINALLY ready to go. I started this book with an idea I had while lying in bed, staring at the roof window or whatever you call that thing. The year was 1997 and the place was Lelystad Holland. The idea this view sparked was what if, in the future, in a certain part of the world, they ran out of room to keep expanding their cities outward and could only expand upward? Over 700 years, how far upward could they expand? How would movement between lower levels and upper levels be handled? Could people freely move up and down or would there be restrictions? Because, as I lay there looking at a crisp blue Dutch sky from my warm bed, eventually a view of the actual sky would be rare and treasured. People who lived near the top of the "World" in this giant building would guard this view jealously. And how far would the people below go in order to have that view for themselves? Or, over time and generations, would they gradually forget that there even existed a world outside the one they'd always known; contained by walls?
And there we go....
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