M is for Maybe

[greygirlbeast]

I've heard of ghosts, good ghosts, who wander the battlefields late at night, guiding soldiers out of danger. You can see their omens everywhere, omens warning of stray bullets and lurking enemies. If I was such a ghost, I would stay so close to you, you could feel my breath on your cheek.
— Guy Maddin, Archangel (1990)

From here, yesterday seems a rather long and unremarkable day. Just as I was about to begin writing, my agent called and we talked for about half an hour about all sorts of things — YA novels, Daughter of Hounds, comics, optimism, trends, my next novel, and so on. Then I spent a few hours on "Eisoptrophobia: A Sketch" (for Sirenia Digest #3). It's just over a thousand words, but I think it needs a little more work today. It was meant to be very short, but reading through it yesterday evening, it didn't seem to quite do the things I'd meant for it to do. Vince sent me the beginnings of the illustration for the vignette which may be titled "Bridle" after all, and then I sent him some comments and suggestions. After dinner, Spooky and I read through Chapter Six of DoH, which was better than I remembered but still needs some tightening here and there. I think we finished with it about eleven p.m.

Afterwards, we finished reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. It's by far the best of the HP books so far. We were both somewhat teary at the end. We'll likely begin Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince tonight.

I should remind you that you can now pre-order Alabaster from Subterranean Press.

It's very, very cold again today. Cold and sunny, which is really the worst. Anyway, time to begin the day.

Comments

[thingunderthest.livejournal.com]

I should remind you that you can now pre-order Alabaster from Subterranean Press.
Foul Temptress. How did you know I forgot to pre-order?

[z0mb1e.livejournal.com]

As I mentioned a few weeks ago my boyfriend and I have been reading the Harry Potter books outloud as well. We made it all the way up to Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, but for some reason we just stalled about 100 pages in. When I read it alone it took me about 5 - 6 hours, so I don't know why we can't seem to get through it.

[greygirlbeast.livejournal.com]

When I read it alone it took me about 5 - 6 hours, so I don't know why we can't seem to get through it.

You read the entire novel that fast? If so, wow. One reason that I read so few novels is that I read rather slowly.

[z0mb1e.livejournal.com]

Well, I can read certain kinds of novels at that speed. I can't read Hemingway that fast, nor would I want to. I guess it depends on the pace and vocabulary level, and decent books that I'm reading for plot I generally can't put down, so I learned at a young age to just absorb them quickly, doing a variety of other activities at the same time.

[wishlish.livejournal.com]

COMICS! Woo!

(Sue me. I love your comics. Wish that it was easier for you to do more of them.)

Potentially idiotic question: When might Alabaster come out? Is this a summer/fall sort of book?

[greygirlbeast.livejournal.com]

When might Alabaster come out? Is this a summer/fall sort of book?


I'm thinking summer, yeah.

[sovay]

YA novels, Daughter of Hounds, comics, optimism, trends, my next novel, and so on.

Where does optimism fit in?

[greygirlbeast.livejournal.com]

Where does optimism fit in?

That's a very good question.

I wish I knew.

[drkest-sun.livejournal.com]

I believe optimism is sometimes overrated. Does that make me a pessimist?

[sovay]

Maybe it'll turn out to be intrinsic.

[furrylittleprob.livejournal.com]

We'll likely begin Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince tonight.

You're reading the books as I did, in one gulp (sort of), so I'd be very interested to read your opinion of HBP.