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[jeriendhal]

Shadow of History: Opening scene is annoying me because I can't decide if I want it from Ali's perspective (worried about Salli's blind side in a busy docking area, and thinking about meeting the rest of her family) or from Salli's (annoyed at Ali's mother henning, and thinking about the best way to present her new love to her parents). I usually write tight third person focused. God help me if I can't decide it may go third person omniscient...

Also I'm floundering for a smooth way to go through "this is what the two main characters look like" for the third @#$%ing time.

The Wil Wheaton Project: Caught in on youTube the day after it aired. Wil seemed to have a bad set of first episodes jitters and was rather more frenetic than he is on Tabletop, but it was funny enough. I'd have probably enjoyed it more if I caught more references. My disinterest in Game of Thrones was seriously handicapping me. OTOH Drunk Neil Degrasse Tyson = Hilarity.


Star Soldiers, by Andre Norton: Got this as freebie for my Kindle. Two novellas based (vaguely) in the same universe set several thousand years apart. I enjoyed it better than the anthology of her shorter works that I'd bought last year. Still, the old school writing is a bit odd these days. I'm used to characters with Bujoldian introspection. Here the focus is on the Adventure and Big Ideas, and the characters are... um... serviceable to that cause.

Comments

[paul schroeer-hannem (from livejournal.com)]

Salli somehow sounds more appropriate to start the scene with. Though I'd also recommend transitioning to Ali's perspective fairly quickly.

[jeriendhal.livejournal.com]

OH it's definitely going to go back and forth a bit. Ali's initial talk with her younger relatives is going to be... awkward.

[stoutfellow.livejournal.com]

I got Star Soldiers for my Kindle, mainly for its nostalgic value. Star Rangers, along with Clarke's The City and the Stars, introduced me to the idea of Deep Time way back when. (I think I was about seven years old when I read the Norton.) It also prompted me to my own first try at writing SF. (It was terrible, and never finished.)