"Here we are, here we are, here we are."
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greygirlbeastRunning late this morning (nope, it's afternoon already), because I didn't get to bed until after four ayem. But it's rainy, and I find myself having trouble caring about running late. Better to sit here and drink my coffee, make my journal entry, and listen to R.E.M.'s Reckoning (1984), which has always seemed like a rainy-day album to me.
Yesterday, we made it through chapters 8 and 9 of The Red Tree, and the "Editor's Epilogue" (an execrpt from one of Sarah Crowe's novels), and finished with the galleys. Except for the long letter I have to write today, explaining some of the corrections. All in all, the galleys were pretty clean, mostly formatting problems. It was good to read through the whole novel again. It has left me resolved to be better than my best next time out. I am always chasing my own tail.
Last night, I got an email from my German translator, Alexandra Hinrichsen, asking for assistance with the Jung quote that opens Low Red Moon.
Spooky and I are very impressed with The Hunt for Gollum, the "fan film" directed by Chris Bouchard. It really is quite well done, and I'm amazed that it was made for a mere £3,000 (roughly $4,534.27 USD). Well, I'm sure having 160 volunteers at his disposal helped a great deal. I've seen films with budgets in the tens of millions of dollars that didn't look half this good. My only caveat, really, is with the sound quality. We couldn't hear it at all on Spooky's laptop, so we switched over to my iMac, and it was still difficult to get decent volume. But, it's a small complaint. In my mind, the film works rather nicely as a "missing scene" from Peter Jackson's three films (and I think it was very smart of Bouchard to follow Jackson's visual cues). Marvelously atmospheric. I am impressed that Tolkien Enterprises gave their approval to the project. I hope to see more from these guys.
We've been getting back into WoW, which has suddenly become much more entertaining since Shaharrazad and Suraa moved along to Outland. We both made Level 66 last night. I've leveled more in the last two nights than in the last two months. We're both based in Shrattrath now, working with the Scryers.
A mere 21 days remaining until birthday -05, which is more than a little horrifying. For me, anyway. Horrifying and astounding. I do, as it happens, have an Amazon wish list, if you are given to such things. Thank you. Anything that distracts and helps to take away the sting. And, yeah, used books are just as welcome as new books. Oh, and for anyone not using Amazon, the address is P.O. Box 603096, Providence, RI 02906.
Here are a few photos from yesterday, nothing terribly exciting, which is reasonable, as it wasn't a very exciting day:
My stytlin' Crocs.
The dread galleys!
The proofreading chair, empty.
The proofreading chair, in use.
Sméagol, in the tub, which is where he often sleeps.
All photographs Copyright © 2009 by Caitlín R. Kiernan and Kathryn A. Pollnac.
Yesterday, we made it through chapters 8 and 9 of The Red Tree, and the "Editor's Epilogue" (an execrpt from one of Sarah Crowe's novels), and finished with the galleys. Except for the long letter I have to write today, explaining some of the corrections. All in all, the galleys were pretty clean, mostly formatting problems. It was good to read through the whole novel again. It has left me resolved to be better than my best next time out. I am always chasing my own tail.
Last night, I got an email from my German translator, Alexandra Hinrichsen, asking for assistance with the Jung quote that opens Low Red Moon.
Spooky and I are very impressed with The Hunt for Gollum, the "fan film" directed by Chris Bouchard. It really is quite well done, and I'm amazed that it was made for a mere £3,000 (roughly $4,534.27 USD). Well, I'm sure having 160 volunteers at his disposal helped a great deal. I've seen films with budgets in the tens of millions of dollars that didn't look half this good. My only caveat, really, is with the sound quality. We couldn't hear it at all on Spooky's laptop, so we switched over to my iMac, and it was still difficult to get decent volume. But, it's a small complaint. In my mind, the film works rather nicely as a "missing scene" from Peter Jackson's three films (and I think it was very smart of Bouchard to follow Jackson's visual cues). Marvelously atmospheric. I am impressed that Tolkien Enterprises gave their approval to the project. I hope to see more from these guys.
We've been getting back into WoW, which has suddenly become much more entertaining since Shaharrazad and Suraa moved along to Outland. We both made Level 66 last night. I've leveled more in the last two nights than in the last two months. We're both based in Shrattrath now, working with the Scryers.
A mere 21 days remaining until birthday -05, which is more than a little horrifying. For me, anyway. Horrifying and astounding. I do, as it happens, have an Amazon wish list, if you are given to such things. Thank you. Anything that distracts and helps to take away the sting. And, yeah, used books are just as welcome as new books. Oh, and for anyone not using Amazon, the address is P.O. Box 603096, Providence, RI 02906.
Here are a few photos from yesterday, nothing terribly exciting, which is reasonable, as it wasn't a very exciting day:
My stytlin' Crocs.
The dread galleys!
The proofreading chair, empty.
The proofreading chair, in use.
Sméagol, in the tub, which is where he often sleeps.
All photographs Copyright © 2009 by Caitlín R. Kiernan and Kathryn A. Pollnac.
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Date: 2009-05-05 05:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-05 05:59 pm (UTC)Crazy cute little tux.
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Date: 2009-05-05 06:37 pm (UTC)Glad you hear you are feeling better!
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Date: 2009-05-05 09:57 pm (UTC)If you have a po box or something I can mail it to, I'd love to mail it to you for your birthday.
I just added the p.o.box to the post. ;-)
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Date: 2009-05-05 09:15 pm (UTC)...much more entertaining since Shaharrazad and Suraa moved along to Outland.
I liked Outlands. I love Northrend. The lore is so rich and the scenery... well, almost everything is as eye-popping as Nagrand (my favourite Outlands zone), but more lush. And the instances... worth the hassle of finding a group to play with. If only we were on the same server, I'd gladly show you.
Anyway, glad you're enjoying the game again.
Lee.
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Date: 2009-05-05 09:57 pm (UTC)but the pacing kept losing me. The clever use of distance shots and the sack to hide Smeagol kept screaming for attention.
None of these things were a problem for me.
Anyway, glad you're enjoying the game again.
Me, too.
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Date: 2009-05-06 03:13 am (UTC)(Care of SomethingAwful.com)
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Date: 2009-05-06 05:22 am (UTC)Sweet.