Monday, May 30, 2011
My Cluttered Mind: 05/30/2011: Before the Dawn Progress Report
My Cluttered Mind: 05/30/2011: Before the Dawn Progress Report: "Okay, I think I've gotten over whatever hangup I had with Chapter 21. Hopefully I'll be able to keep working on the novel. Word count: C..."
05/30/2011: Before the Dawn Progress Report
Okay, I think I've gotten over whatever hangup I had with Chapter 21. Hopefully I'll be able to keep working on the novel.
Word count: Chapter 21 is 2019 words; the novel is 61,411 words; 18,589 words until my goal of 80,000 words.
Word count: Chapter 21 is 2019 words; the novel is 61,411 words; 18,589 words until my goal of 80,000 words.
Friday, May 20, 2011
Thursday, May 19, 2011
My Cluttered Mind: 05/19/2011: "My Soul To Keep" - Sketching My Way T...
My Cluttered Mind: 05/19/2011: "My Soul To Keep" - Sketching My Way T...: "Let me start off by saying I'm in no way an artist. Yet I found myself in a position where I had to draw up some sketches for the Side Proj..."
05/19/2011: "My Soul To Keep" - Sketching My Way To The Future
Let me start off by saying I'm in no way an artist. Yet I found myself in a position where I had to draw up some sketches for the Side Project 2, "My Soul To Keep". I knew I'd have people moving from location to location within a hemisphere fifty miles across. So I sketched up the landscape of the habitat, the town of Coventry, where most of the action takes place, and one specific location. I'll be doing others as I need them.
I'll have to do the same thing with Before the Dawn, also. My characters are storming a five story building. It would be a good idea to know where things are located.
Anyway, here's the sketches I've done so far for "My Soul To Keep":
This is the general landscape of the habitat, known as Coventry. It has a diameter of fifty miles. The square at the bottom is the town, also known as Coventry. The lines are a monorail system, the squares are stations.
This is the town of Coventry. (Remember, nothing is really to scale. This is just a general layout.) The town is divided into eight sectors. The various locations are: 1) East Athletic Field with locker rooms, training facilities, showers & spa (Sector 1); 2) East Amphitheater - for concerts and plays (Sector 2); 3) East Residential Complex A - 100 residents (Sector 3); 4) East Residential Complex B - 100 residents (Sector 3); 5) Restaurant Complex - room enough to accommodate all 600 residents at the same time - this doesn't happen often (Sectors 3/4); 6) South Residential Complex A - 100 residents (Sector 4); 7) Nursery/Education Complex (Sector 4); 8) Magistrar's office - Town Hall (Sector 4/5); 9) Sleep Center (Sector 5); 10) South Residential Complex B - 100 Residents (Sector 5); 11) Entertainment Complex - food & drink are available (Arcade) (Sector 5/6); 12) West Residential Complex A - 100 Residents (Sector 6); 13) West Residential Complex B - 100 Residents (Sector 6); 14) West Amphitheater - for concerts and plays (Sector 7); 15) West Athletic Field with locker rooms, training facilities, showers & spa (Sector 8); 16) Reflecting Pond (Sectors 7,8,1&2); 17) Town Center - Hub for monorails, general meeting area - food & drink available (Sectors 7,8,1&2); 18) Church of Ashk'rhaya - more of a chapel actually - there are no regular services - it's more of a place for quiet retrospection (Sectors 4/5). Again, the lines are monorails, the squares are stations.
Because Coventry is an enclosed habitat, the environment is tightly controlled, as is the population. You live forty years then you report to the Sleep Center, where you're put to sleep...permanently. (A bit Logan's Run-ish, I know.) There is no way to avoid or postpone it; the need to report to the Sleep Center is programmed into them. It's like an instinct with them. This is the Waiting Room, where they actually go to say good-bye to loved ones and actually die.
The general layout is: 1) Double Door Entrance; 2) Holographic windows (the Sleep Center is a windowless building. The holograms are there to put the witnesses at ease); 3) Seating; 4) Sarcophagus (Drawer slides out, person lays in it, drawer closes. The person is vaporized.); 5) Speaking platform (Magistrar & attendants only); 6) Doors to back room (Magistrar & attendants only).
Hopefully this will help as I get into the story. I have at least one more location to draw up (the residential apartment) but I'll get to them later.
I'll have to do the same thing with Before the Dawn, also. My characters are storming a five story building. It would be a good idea to know where things are located.
Anyway, here's the sketches I've done so far for "My Soul To Keep":
This is the general landscape of the habitat, known as Coventry. It has a diameter of fifty miles. The square at the bottom is the town, also known as Coventry. The lines are a monorail system, the squares are stations.
This is the town of Coventry. (Remember, nothing is really to scale. This is just a general layout.) The town is divided into eight sectors. The various locations are: 1) East Athletic Field with locker rooms, training facilities, showers & spa (Sector 1); 2) East Amphitheater - for concerts and plays (Sector 2); 3) East Residential Complex A - 100 residents (Sector 3); 4) East Residential Complex B - 100 residents (Sector 3); 5) Restaurant Complex - room enough to accommodate all 600 residents at the same time - this doesn't happen often (Sectors 3/4); 6) South Residential Complex A - 100 residents (Sector 4); 7) Nursery/Education Complex (Sector 4); 8) Magistrar's office - Town Hall (Sector 4/5); 9) Sleep Center (Sector 5); 10) South Residential Complex B - 100 Residents (Sector 5); 11) Entertainment Complex - food & drink are available (Arcade) (Sector 5/6); 12) West Residential Complex A - 100 Residents (Sector 6); 13) West Residential Complex B - 100 Residents (Sector 6); 14) West Amphitheater - for concerts and plays (Sector 7); 15) West Athletic Field with locker rooms, training facilities, showers & spa (Sector 8); 16) Reflecting Pond (Sectors 7,8,1&2); 17) Town Center - Hub for monorails, general meeting area - food & drink available (Sectors 7,8,1&2); 18) Church of Ashk'rhaya - more of a chapel actually - there are no regular services - it's more of a place for quiet retrospection (Sectors 4/5). Again, the lines are monorails, the squares are stations.
Because Coventry is an enclosed habitat, the environment is tightly controlled, as is the population. You live forty years then you report to the Sleep Center, where you're put to sleep...permanently. (A bit Logan's Run-ish, I know.) There is no way to avoid or postpone it; the need to report to the Sleep Center is programmed into them. It's like an instinct with them. This is the Waiting Room, where they actually go to say good-bye to loved ones and actually die.
Hopefully this will help as I get into the story. I have at least one more location to draw up (the residential apartment) but I'll get to them later.
Sunday, May 15, 2011
My Cluttered Mind: 05/15/2011: "The Fault Lies Not" Progress Report
My Cluttered Mind: 05/15/2011: "The Fault Lies Not" Progress Report: "I've reached 7,314 words on Side Project 1, 'The Fault Lies Not'. Considering everything I want to do in the rest of the story, I don't kno..."
05/15/2011: "The Fault Lies Not" Progress Report
I've reached 7,314 words on Side Project 1, "The Fault Lies Not". Considering everything I want to do in the rest of the story, I don't know if I'm going to keep it under 10,000. Not that I'm too concerned about the word count. Whenever asked, I usually say that the story will be as long as it takes to tell the story. (Some say that shorter works stand a better chance of getting published. I'm not convinced; I've found plenty of publishers who will take works over 10,000 words.)
Hopefully I’ll be able to stay on track and get the story finished. I have at least one more story about Lin and I’d like to get to it.
Now, excuse me while I rant a moment...
I NEED A GOD DAMN AIRCARD FOR MY LAPTOP!
Now, excuse me while I rant a moment...
I NEED A GOD DAMN AIRCARD FOR MY LAPTOP!
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
My Cluttered Mind: 05/10/2011
My Cluttered Mind: 05/10/2011: "Sent out my most recent story, 'The End of Seconds', to Asimov's today. I should know something in about a month."
05/10/2011
Sent out my most recent story, "The End of Seconds", to Asimov's today. I should know something in about a month.
Saturday, May 7, 2011
My Cluttered Mind: Progress Report 05/07/2011
My Cluttered Mind: Progress Report 05/07/2011: "I'm well into Chapter 21 of Before the Dawn . At the moment, Chapter 21 is 1895 words long. The novel itself is 61,287 words long, with 18..."
Progress Report 05/07/2011
I'm well into Chapter 21 of Before the Dawn. At the moment, Chapter 21 is 1895 words long. The novel itself is 61,287 words long, with 18,713 words until my goal of 80,000 words.
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