::whew::

[clarentine]

There. Kith and Kin, the rewrite thereof, is finished. A nice, clean version of the novel exists for sharing, so now's the time to speak up if you're inclined to read it. Canum would be pleased to make your acquaintance.

This is the second book in the series; the first book is with the agent, looking for work. I'm hoping that the lack of a follow-on novel is what stalled possible sales, and so the completion of Kith is a big deal for me. That, and I'm just plain tired of rewriting.

Oh, man, am I tired.

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I also managed to get that flu shot on Wednesday afternoon by standing in line for two and a half hours to ensure I'd be one of the 1,000 people they had vaccine doses for. Well, I was sitting in line; knowing it would be a long wait, I brought a chair, my lunch, a bottle of water, and a book. (Elizabeth Bear's Carnival, probably my favorite of hers to date.) As with the regular seasonal flu shot I got in early October, this one has resulted in my neck being a little stiffer than usual, so I've been taking Tylenol and ice cream to remedy that. *g*

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And now I have time to read. A trip to the bookstore is warranted, as several new books have come out recently that I've been wanting to read but could not, on account of (a) focusing on the rewrite and (b) tired. (That originally came out "ired," which fits, as does "mired.")

What have you read recently that you liked?

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Here, have some seasonal color:



That photo was actually taken a couple of years ago, but it's pretty enough to be a keeper. If you like colorful leaves, you might want to check out the viburnum photo, too.

Comments

[hawkwing-lb.livejournal.com]

I'd love to read your draft, but, well. Thesis. Probably not a good idea.

Best book I've read lately? I'm just finishing City of the Sharp-Nosed Fish, which is quite possibly the most perfect history book I've ever read. It puts you there - and it can do it with incredible accuracy, because the "city of the sharp-nosed fish", Oxyrhynchos, is one of the places from which we have mounds and mounds of papyrii.

Or for fiction, have you read Scott Westerfeld's Leviathan yet? It's such a very fun book.

[clarentine]

Understood. You can probably ditch the earlier version I sent you this spring. *g*

Who's the author of the Sharp-Nosed Fishes? (Although I probably ought to stay away from sea-related books; I do not want to get back into that pirate book just yet.)

[hawkwing-lb.livejournal.com]

...You sent me a draft in the spring? You did. Bugger.

Peter Parsons. Oxyrhynchos is nowhere near the sea, by the way. It's south of the Fayyum, on a natural canal, nowadays called "Joseph's Canal," off the Nile. Greeks and Romans and Egyptians and Christians!

[clarentine]

Okay, as long as it doesn't start singing pirate ditties, I'm cool with canals. *g*

[hawkwing-lb.livejournal.com]

No pirate ditties. Maybe the odd hymn to Sarapis or Isis or the great god Nile. :P