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The other side of the Solstice
Jun. 23rd, 2003 02:56 pmFor the longest day of the year, I certainly spent most of it asleep. I slept in until eleven, went down to see the Fremont Solstice Parade until we were rained out and then crawled back into bed after a spot of lunch. The Parade was cool - I'd managed to miss it the last two years, but I've certainly heard enough about the naked cyclists. Some of the body paint was really excellent: there were a pair of Mondrians (black, white and primary colored rectangles all over) and one woman in this lovely, elaborate deisgn with flames all along her back.
After the Nap of Doom, Lucy and I spent a couple hours in the Kuan Yin Teahouse rehashing OotP, and then moved the discussion home for another couple of hours. I don't quite agree with her Ron-centric bias, being more than caught up with Hermione, but it was marvelous to get all our opinions and thoughts out on the table. It stopped the weird HP dreams I'd been having, just by clearing the decks.
I'm not certain what I'm going to do with the half-written HP stories I've got. The current one, though the initial (and I hope, main) plotline is still intact, but the rest of the supporting crap has been Jossed all to hell. I'm wondering what to do with the lovely (and now AU) scene between Narcissa and Molly. There's a big story I've been thinking up, but I did want to wait until OotP was out, and I'm glad I did wait - there's major changes that will need to be made, but on the whole it's salvagable.
Writerly maunderings aside, I did get some other reading done yesterday: E. Godz by Robert Asprin and Esther Friesner and Crown of Slaves by David Weber and Eric Flint. The later is only half-posted on Baen's Webscriptions, but they're both so good. *sigh* It's set in Weber's Honor Harrington universe, but the focus is on a different set of formerly supporting characters. And with Weber and Flint, they're always amazing. (And no, Rhi: no sign of 1634 on the schedule yet, and it's up to November. There may be more word on the Baen newsgroups)
Also helped Dru get his first cover letter put together. Lord. Now we know that while he got most of the artistly talent, I got the majority of the writerly talent. Getting him to put words to paper was like pulling teeth. And then I had to edit it. But it's all good now. He had an informational interview this morning - no job, but good info. Here's hoping the process won't be too drawn out.
After the Nap of Doom, Lucy and I spent a couple hours in the Kuan Yin Teahouse rehashing OotP, and then moved the discussion home for another couple of hours. I don't quite agree with her Ron-centric bias, being more than caught up with Hermione, but it was marvelous to get all our opinions and thoughts out on the table. It stopped the weird HP dreams I'd been having, just by clearing the decks.
I'm not certain what I'm going to do with the half-written HP stories I've got. The current one, though the initial (and I hope, main) plotline is still intact, but the rest of the supporting crap has been Jossed all to hell. I'm wondering what to do with the lovely (and now AU) scene between Narcissa and Molly. There's a big story I've been thinking up, but I did want to wait until OotP was out, and I'm glad I did wait - there's major changes that will need to be made, but on the whole it's salvagable.
Writerly maunderings aside, I did get some other reading done yesterday: E. Godz by Robert Asprin and Esther Friesner and Crown of Slaves by David Weber and Eric Flint. The later is only half-posted on Baen's Webscriptions, but they're both so good. *sigh* It's set in Weber's Honor Harrington universe, but the focus is on a different set of formerly supporting characters. And with Weber and Flint, they're always amazing. (And no, Rhi: no sign of 1634 on the schedule yet, and it's up to November. There may be more word on the Baen newsgroups)
Also helped Dru get his first cover letter put together. Lord. Now we know that while he got most of the artistly talent, I got the majority of the writerly talent. Getting him to put words to paper was like pulling teeth. And then I had to edit it. But it's all good now. He had an informational interview this morning - no job, but good info. Here's hoping the process won't be too drawn out.
