rolanni | Friday, February 20th, 2009

Friday, February 20th, 2009

Carousel Tides, Sharon Lee (manuscript)
Fine Prey, Scott Westerfield
Web Mage, Kelly McCullough
Uhura's Song, Janet Kagan

Just finished reading Carousel Tides for the first time since I turned it in to Madame the Agent, back in December 2006 -- enough of a break that I could read it as if it were written by somebody else. Mostly, I think it hangs together well, though the ending happens 'way too fast. I think the author was getting tired. Though, actually, the whole book happens 'way fast -- nine days, as the Changing World counts days, from start to finish. Yowsa.

I do adore the batwing horse.

Having thus refreshed my memory, I'm ready to talk to The Nice Editor Lady about those changes she wanted.

Snippet for the curious:

"Nay, nay, keep your sweet words close, my lady, and be niggardly in their spending! For when those are gone, there will be no more, I warrant."

"You're probably right," I said, coming around to the lee side of the rock. Cross-legged and quite naked, Nerazi sat with her back against the rock's rustling grass shirt, her rump cozy and warm on a sealskin blanket, braiding her silver hair.

Man, I don't think I could've handled another day in this week.

Proposition: If twenty people whine for 15 minutes per this week, no one of them has really whined very much at all. If they all whine at the same person, that person is likely to feel exhausted and abused. Double, perhaps, if that person is a long-time introvert.

Anyhow, a bad week in which no one actually behaved badly. Also? My hands hurt. A lot. Scraping wet snow off of cars must not be the Simple, Healthy Exercise I was always taught that it was. Why doesn't the Cabana Boy do these small services for me? What do I pay him for?

Oh. Right.

Me for a glass of wine and a chapter or two of Avatar. On deck tomorrow, breakfast out! then a book-signing marathon at SRM Galactic Headquarters followed by a trip to the grocery store, because, hey! it's supposed to snow on Sunday.

Everybody stay warm.

Progress on Mouse and Dragon: