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eimarraI'm currently reading I, Claudius by Robert Graves. I'm doing my best to ignore plot bunnies, although I do have a few notes on things I'd like to check out in more detail later. Mostly, though, it's giving me more interest in going back to my Three Sisters series, which so far consists primarily of worldbuilding and outline notes. My series borrows a few Roman bits (such as the priests known as Bridges, although their function isn't the same as Roman pontiffs). First I need to finish something I've already started. I'm pleased to know I still have some level of enthusiasm for something I started so long ago. Maybe I don't have to do everything in a rush after all.
My other recent reading was Old Man's War by John Scalzi. Got the trade paperback the 29th (Mom works at a bookstore, and that was the first day she worked after the release date), started reading Saturday (part of me wished I'd stayed home reading instead of going to a New Year's party), and finished it Sunday. Good way to start the year. Now I'm eagerly awaiting the release of Ghost Brigades in March. (The title of which provides a minor spoiler for an early incident in OMW, in my opinion.) I told my husband if he can make time to read these books, he'd enjoy them because they are so reminiscent of early Heinlein. (Apropos of nothing, on page 72, there's an extra "Harry said" dialogue tag, but otherwise, it's edited very well.)
Before that, on the flight out to California, I read Cory Doctorow's Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom. A plot bunny whispered to me, "But what if immortality worked like this instead?" and thus was born another short story. At this moment, it's only half-finished and it's going to need major editing, but it has potential.
For Christmas, I also received Winter Moon, The Speed of Dark, Staying Dead, and Bear Daughther. I just have to make time for reading now that I'm back to normal life.
My other recent reading was Old Man's War by John Scalzi. Got the trade paperback the 29th (Mom works at a bookstore, and that was the first day she worked after the release date), started reading Saturday (part of me wished I'd stayed home reading instead of going to a New Year's party), and finished it Sunday. Good way to start the year. Now I'm eagerly awaiting the release of Ghost Brigades in March. (The title of which provides a minor spoiler for an early incident in OMW, in my opinion.) I told my husband if he can make time to read these books, he'd enjoy them because they are so reminiscent of early Heinlein. (Apropos of nothing, on page 72, there's an extra "Harry said" dialogue tag, but otherwise, it's edited very well.)
Before that, on the flight out to California, I read Cory Doctorow's Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom. A plot bunny whispered to me, "But what if immortality worked like this instead?" and thus was born another short story. At this moment, it's only half-finished and it's going to need major editing, but it has potential.
For Christmas, I also received Winter Moon, The Speed of Dark, Staying Dead, and Bear Daughther. I just have to make time for reading now that I'm back to normal life.
