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August 15, 2003
proof
I seem to have the same taste in gay men as Lance Arthur. Hm. Anyway, Kyan and Ted are both dishy, and both for entirely different reasons. Watching that show is like being back in the Bay Area. But, y'know, not.
Page proofs for Sun in Glory showed up today, and wow -- there are some really cool authors in that thahr book. I'm feeling a light-headed after reading the table of contents. Pant.
There are lots of typos, but that's okay -- I have a fax number and I'm not afraid to use it. The story itself is two years old, and yet I still like it. The main character is neat, I managed to work in a little of my wacky humor, and the story is convoluted and a little character-heavy, but otherwise very much what I wanted. A quality I can only describe as "Valdemarish". After all, this was the world I semi-grew up in.
I notice a similarity in my published Valdemar stories; whatever's bugging me at the time I write them somehow winds up being a major part of the main character's problem. I don't like reading "Blood Ties" now; I was way too angry back then, way too crusades-happy. "Starhaven" has a lot of my frustrations about politics worked into it, but in a good way (I think).
Anywho, if you like Valdemar stories and you like me, you'll probably like this one. I'm just sayin'.
And if you have no clue what I'm talking about, that's okay, too. I guess. (sniff)
Posted by sdshaver at August 15, 2003 01:30 AM