Blogging isn't easy!

I have learned a few things while trying to maintain a blog over at JupiterThree.com.

Logging regularly is a lot of work! Don't get me wrong, I love it. But because of the serial nature of the blog, I am committed to a schedule, all be it a wide one.
There is an art to writing book reviews, and I am not an artist. A TODO for 2009 is to learn the art.
An ongoing fiction log really limits your re-write options! If I stay a few days ahead, I can get in at least one re-write, but I can't change direction as freely as writing a novel.

I currently have two readers. That's one more than my kid thought I would get. The fun part for me is that they seem to care what I do with the character. "Derick is going to end up with that girl right?" I've even gotten plot and technology suggestions.

Which presents a challenge-- staying true to my own vision for the characters despite what my fan wishes would happen. It would be too predictable otherwise, right? **grin** At the same time I don't want to NOT do something just becuase my fan wants it too.

These are the kind of problems I like!

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rootsPersona

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It's in the Air

OK, so my year of Sci Fi only is over, with only minor transgressions along the way. As I was writing my 'novel' for 2009 NaNoWriMO, I realized I had never read a romance. So last month I did, just to get a feel for what (some) woman read. Interesting reading. I chose Nora Roberts (Dance Upon the Air), and I must say, I enjoyed the quality for the writing. The only real difference that jumped out at me in terms of the writing was the plot - it just wasn't the sort of thing I was into. I liked the characters OK, but the conflict wasn't the sort of thing I enjoy. Which is what I should have expected. There was no reason to expect the writing would be a lower quality. I really did like the characters. It was just not my flavor of story. The learning continues.

What is a Space Opera?

I ask because I am reading Alastair Reynolds' 2000 novel Revelation Space , and that is how it is being touted. Apparently that label was not originally a positive one. Wikipedia states that it was originally applied to "the hacky, grinding, stinking, outworn space-ship yarn, or world-saving [story]". It is more generally applied to stories where "settings, characters, battles, powers, and themes tend to be very large-scale". OK, I assume the second is the reason it is applied to Revelation Space . It's taking me some time to read it, and it was a little slow to get into, but now that I am, I want to see what happens. I will be reviewing it at jupiterthree.com when I finish it.

Hmmmm

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