It seems I had another "skirmish" last night, but the war rages still. A lot of you out there should know what I mean.
But I've passed the 40,000-word mark. And our heros have made it to the Alpha Quadrant of the galaxy, and we got to see the space where the epic "Battle Royal" took place as humanity fled earth. Much more background. Friday night I only got something like 700 words, but I made up some lost ground last night with about 2,300. Tonight we make it to Earth.
Last night I bought a couple of books to read once I'm done in hopes that they will give me some ideas for when I start editing: "Douglas Adams' Starship Titanic" by Terry Jones (of Monty Python fame) and "Ensign Flandry" by Poul Anderson. I also want to take a look at "The Road to Mars" by Eric Idle and "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency" by Douglas Adams.
Any suggestions for other reading material would be appreciated.
Word count: 41,319.
5 comments:
No suggestions for reading material. Just glad to see you made a new post.
I like Dirk Gently, and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (also by Douglas Adams). I also recommend The Dresden Files books, by Jim Butcher. His books are really well-written and enjoyable, and he's a graduate of OU's professional writing program, which I find tremendously encouraging.
I like the Dresden Files, too. I've only read up to Summer Knight, though. Also, Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett is a fun read. I know that Byers really liked Terry Pratchett's Disc World books but I haven't picked up any of those yet.
"Identity Crisis" and "Y the Last Man" are quite enjoyable if you want to go for some comic books.
Congrats on the 40,000 mark. Please don't give money to Republicans!
Thanks for the suggestions. I will definitely look into The Dresden Files. I remember the Terry Prachett stuff, though I never read any of it. But in the '90s there was a Discworld computer game I bought and played some, voiced by Eric Idle.
I love the Discworld stuff. You don't have to read it in chronological order for it to make sense, either. I also really like Good Omens.
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