As of today, the book project has officially smashed through the 75,000 words mark.
This is considered the minimum point of a memoir. And that's what this is (among other things).
That is enough material to quantify as being a book. But there is much work still to be done. It wouldn't surprise me if at least one of the "locked-down" chapters was re-written, and that's what I'm considering even now. One of the first chapters written is also...
Sunday, September 28, 2014
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Book report: What is old is new again
Some developments since the last time I posted about how my writing project is going...
The original title of the book, which then became another title by changing one word, is now the title once more.
Manuscript is now hovering around 73,000 words. It's going to hit the 75,000 mark that I've aimed for since starting writing this! But still a lot more work to go.
There are now two definite "parts" to the book completed. I just...
Monday, September 22, 2014
Just watched the premiere episode of GOTHAM
I rarely watch television. A show has to be very good for me to invest any of my valuable time toward. As things stand now the only shows that I can think of that I indulge myself in are Doctor Who and The Walking Dead.
It is much rarer still that I will watch the pilot episode of a new series when the show has its premiere. In fact, I can probably count the number of times that I've done that, across my entire life, on one hand.
It...
Friday, September 19, 2014
This is one of the greatest photographs ever taken
"Weird Al" Yankovic, Neil Gaiman, and George R.R. Martin... all three together in one epic image!
I should make this the wallpaper image of my iPad, since I have all of Gaiman's Sandman series and Martin's complete (thus far) Game of Thrones/Song of Ice and Fire books loaded on it. To say nothing of practically every song and video that Weird Al has produced...
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Holding pattern
For the past few posts I've been chronicling the progress of my book. Friends on Facebook are getting to see more in-depth "as it happens" but I still want to keep a more public record about how it's going. The past few days merit that.At the end of August I had 66,000 words and when I read over Part 1 this past Sunday it took around 2 hours time. That wasn't everything that's been written, just the continuous material that flows from the prologue...
Sunday, September 07, 2014
Thoughts on this season's DOCTOR WHO thus far
Two things have been the focus (okay, focii) of my faculties in recent weeks. The first, of course, has been working on my book. Chapters 1 through 11, as well as the preface and the prologue, are now locked-down and pretty much finished apart from some, shall we say, "supplementary material" that is going to provide a very intimate look into the mind of a manic-depressive. ...
