A few progress updates and a book recommendation · 4:02pm Oct 9th, 2014
I've been a bit distracted and busy the last few weekends, but have made progress on the next Chapter of the Moon story. It's sitting at 5,000 words, with a good deal left to go though. Hopefully I can really dig into it this weekend and have it ready for the week after. It's the action-iest chapter I've ever written, so I'm pouring through thesauri finding good adjectives for words like explode, blast, and destroy. Micheal Bay would be proud.
I've got a basic outline set for a second story in my Road Not Taken setting. It's tempting to drop Moon and start seriously working on it now, but I'd probably end up screwing up both if I tried dividing my attention like that. Letting the ideas percolate in the back of my mind will do for now.
To step beyond Pony for a moment, I highly recommend Anne Leckie's Ancillary Justice. It won the Hugo and Nebula awards this year, which is even more impressive considering it's Leckie's debut novel. I won't ruin much, other than to say it's a Space Opera in the best ways, and that it has one of the best narrative styles that I've read in Science Fiction in a long while. It's only $5 on Amazon Kindle store, which is definitely worth the price. I just picked up the newly released second book in the trilogy, Ancillary Sword, which probably is bad news for my hopes of finishing the Moon chapter as stated above.
I've been on the lookout for a good science fiction read myself, so I'll be sure to take a look at your recommendation! I'm about halfway through Robert A. Heinlein's StarShip Troopers and plan to read Joe Hadelman's The Forever War right after, as I've read online that the thematic differences between the two makes for an intriguing experience.
Woot, Thanks for the status update!!
