Reading and writing

[lizwilliams]

Writing: proofs are now winging their way back to Macmillan, on schedule. I'm working on a short story about alt-Victorians catching Things in jars. I read a bit of it out at an autumn equinox bash the other night and it seemed to go down well...Otherwise I am formulating novel notes for the next Chen book, working up to a further revise of VANISH, and my writing mind is circling something completely new and completely different.

Plans for Fabulous Whitby are still on track; we're waiting for a couple of final submissions. It's all rather later than we originally planned, due to Stuff, but going well.
The cover illustrations are underway.

Reading: I've been ploughing through the latest batch of InterZone subs - some pretty good stuff. I've just read something I consider to be brilliant - won't say who the author is, but he's very well established. Deservedly.

Otherwise, a complete change of direction in the form of Francesca Lia Block's NECKLACE OF KISSES, which is charming. I like her other Weetzie books (they're unexpectedly dark and also one of the few things I've read which make me want to visit LA - that sense of enchantment of place comes across very strongly).

The to-be-read pile is now so vast that it isn't a pile. I call it 'bookshelves.'

Comments

[jess-ka.livejournal.com]

Inspector Chen! (Which is to say, I quite enjoyed the first book and am looking forward to reading the second; though my to-be-read pile is like those piles of books in the library in Ghostbusters.)

[mevennen.livejournal.com]

Glad you enjoyed it! The next one, PRECIOUS DRAGON, is at the editing stage now and will be out some time next year.

[ex-chrisbil.livejournal.com]

>> The to-be-read pile is now so vast that it isn't a pile. I call it 'bookshelves.'

Welcome to my world! It's daunting, eh. I'm going to be killed by a falling Karen Traviss tome if the pile gets much more unstable...

[sawyl.livejournal.com]

I had a book induced near-death, ok, actually more like far-death, experience no so long ago. I was in the bookstore, I reached up to take down a copy of Absolute Watchmen (http://www.dccomics.com/graphic_novels/?gn=4040) from the shelf, I misjudged the weight of it, and the monstrously over-sized thing all but pinned me to the floor...

Off Topic Question

[derrylm.livejournal.com]

Liz, darlin', how are you? I have a question: did you receive your contrib copy of Gardner's YBSF yet?

Derryl

Re: Off Topic Question

[mevennen.livejournal.com]

I'm hanging in there, thanks! And no, I didn't, but was it sent to the Brighton address? If so, I won't be able to collect it for a few weeks. If it was sent here, then the PO has failed me AGAIN.

Re: Off Topic Question

[derrylm.livejournal.com]

I havent' either. Just wanted to know if I should be emailing Gardner with a question about it.

D

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

I actually did order all the rest of your books that I didn't already have, and they got here yesterday. I'm very pleased. :-)