Yesterday I *FINALLY* got a chance to read Kate's chapter four, and it blew me away. This work gets better all the time, and I'm so excited about getting to read it early. The funny thing is, I don't like the main character much, but I can't wait to see what happens next. I had the same reaction to Mel Gibson's movie "Payback", in which the main character isn't likable, but you want him to succeed. Much as I dislike Mr. Gibson, it's still one of my top 100 favorite movies.
There's another sf fan in the house! One of our adjunct faculty, the one who belly danced to the Firefly song at GenCon, came to the social last night (yeah, I went - and actually had a great time, especially the "coaching" dance faculty *bg*) with her husband, who is also a big time fan and not a half bad bowler. When I told them about my zombies tearing out their own throats he suggested the title "Halls of Death". (Think throat lozenges.)
The whiny story of slogging through writing my first novel.
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Groan! Oh, with the punning now.
Glad there are some kindred souls around. It can feel like an arid desert all around. You know, like when your colleagues make fun of a student because he (gasp!) writes fantasy. Such sorrowing because he's so talented, yet chooses to write such stuff. Gosh, how awful that he doesn't settle for vaguely autobiographical stories with a minor epiphany at the end. Yawn.
I hope you like the character more by the end (if all goes as it should) because she undergoes a lot of changes, but also in the hopes that spending time with her makes her more likable (if not lovable). She's a bit exasperating right now.
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