So way back in the mists of time I was engaged to a girl I'll call Katrina, because that's how I refer to her in my memoir. Katrina and I have stayed in touch all these years, and she now lives in Connecticut with her second
From my agent, a generally positive assessment of the third draft of The Accidental Terrorist: I've read your revision and I'm pretty darn happy with it. I think you've done a good job synthesizing and compacting huge swaths of material into a much more
This morning before work I finished up the third draft of The Accidental Terrorist. This draft has taken the book from 240,000 words and 1,078 ms pages down to 135,000 words and 573 ms pages. The manuscript is now in my agent's hands, and I&
Just a quick reminder that I will be appearing early Saturday morning on Jim Freund's program "Hour of the Wolf" on WBAI 99.5 FM in New York City. While science fiction is the main focus of the show, we'll no doubt discuss my
I'll be making a return appearance as Jim Freund's guest on "Hour of the Wolf" this Saturday, August 9th, on WBAI 99.5 FM, from 5:00 am to 7:00 am, Eastern Daylight Time. We'll certainly talk about my science fiction,
previous: Exit 7: Kaysville, Utah I wonder sometimes what might have happened if I'd moved out of the house when I started college. While many of my friends from high school were reveling in their new apartments and new freedoms, I was returning home every day to my
Holy cow. Just got this email from my agent: I talked to Jim Frenkel yesterday and he said that I should send the first half of Missionary Man [the memoir] to him, and that we should send him Silvertide [the novel] when you're done. Seems like you (or
So, in the wake of my agent's email, I got very depressed. █████ had been telling me for a month and a half, and continued to tell me, that she thought world events only made the public's need for my book more acute. So I decided to
My memoir is finished. Well, the first draft, anyway. Time to go and lift a pint. Better idea than trying to lift the manuscript. It rolled in at 1,076 pages. Next step: blue pencil.
Back from Worldcon, and the strip-search chapter is done! 923 ms pages. Now it's off to my friend Robert's birthday party. Fashionably late.
At Worldcon in Philadelphia. Got in from partying around midnight. Saw Cory at one party. He's been reading the book and commented favorably on the last couple of chapters. Returned to the room and while █████ slept, cranked out the rest of Chapter 45. 910 ms pages. Now sleep.
Another chapter done, and up to 888 ms pages.
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