Don't Smile, You've Broken Your Neck

No real writing news to report. After garnering some reviews of the second draft of Tymmy, I've taken it down from the 'shop. It needs a lot more work before I can even think about sending it out, methinks. The reviews were encouraging, and they should be quite helpful when I get around to the rewrite.

I haven't written anything new for a while. Dearest . . . continues to sit in the corner and growl at me. The replotting process plods on.

I've spent a lot of time reading this past couple of weeks. Having recently finished Quest for Lost Heroes by David Gemmell (I'm really getting into Gemmell's stuff -- that makes it four of the Drenai novels I've read so far, and I've enjoyed every one) and Pratchett and Gaiman's Good Omens, I've now started to reread Dune. I first read that book for a book report back at KS&CC, and wanted to finish the series for many a year. It's being a fun experience so far -- I have forgotten so much about the book that it surprises me. I seem to be reading from a different angle as well (with my head tilted just so . . . :) as I'm noticing all these little details about plot and foreshadowing and characterisation that I'm sure I wouldn't have noticed ten or more years ago.

(i think the book report when something along the lines of, 'dune is really cool. there are these big worms and this funky spice that turns your eyes blue'. i wish i still had it, as i'm really interested to know what i thought of it, and how much effort i put in to it. i suspect, since i never really had any love of english when i was school, that it wasn't much effort, but there you go. i have an unsettling idea that i drew a picture of a sandworm on the first page)

As for the much postponed redesign of this webpage, I have had some difficulties with my webhosts. It seems to be sorted out now, but I'm unsure whether or not to get internet access in the grotty bedsit or not. For now, I think I'm going to have to do an Axl Rose and put it off yet again. It will look really sweet, though.