Completed reads for May:
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, by Jules Verne
Gulliver’s Travels, by Jonathan Swift
Journey to the Centre of the Earth, by Jules Verne
Round the World in Eighty Days, by Jules Verne
The Secret of the Island, by Jules Verne
From the Earth to the Moon, by Jules Verne
The Saga of Bosi and Herraud, by Anonymous
Bosi’s Saga is Hardman’s translation.
May was a combination of ‘reading month’ and ‘real world’ month, unfortunately. Still no update on Old Phuul’s status at this point, though I’ve been told to expect something over the next month. I also went back and re-read the Old Phuul manuscript. A bit heavy on the adjectives, alas – such is the way with these things. I also took to wondering about whether I’d put enough exposition in. I’m more familiar with the world of the Viiminian Empire than most people, so there’s the potential for the setting to be confusing. But we’ll see when the publisher gets back to me.
No writing update on short stories either – it really seems that after my massive writing binge from October to February, I’ve been taking a bit of a break from it. Mind you, I’m still waiting to hear back about the Blackberry Picking revise and resubmit, and generally speaking, the markets seem a bit tougher these days.
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