April 23, 2006
What should I write?
I just finished up my first read through of The Egyptian Building.
And.
It actually didn't suck. However, I read it on screen and mostly after eleven o'clock at night. Who knows how it will stand up to the light of day?
I passed the files on to Oz, who is going to be the long and ever suffering beta reader. (He read Church Hill twice. Twice, people. Is that love or what?) I should probably print out TEB and try reading it myself.
But.
I kind of want to write something else. Like, I should probably get back on the daily blogging bicycle, yes? Except that I have this sort of idea that's been floating around in my head for a few years. Then I read a cyberpunk novel and said, Damn, but I wish cyberpunk novels had plots already. Atmosphere will only get you so far. As I recall, Snow Crash had a plot. But it's the only one I've come across that did. Then Oz said my Rednecks In Space (add your own reverb here) should be cyber-workers, Elron and Jim, who had to jack into a swamp and . But that would be giving things away. Except it would really fit in (surprisingly well) with this other thing.
I still need a plot.
Also, monkey butts:
Yes, I like to check in at the Monkey-cam and see what's up with the monkeys. I'm juvenile enough to be amused by monkey butts. Butts in a row, big pink monkey butts pointed at the camera. You wonder if they understand about the web-cam, but they're monkeys! Of course they don't. Or so I thought until I saw actual monkey sex taking place in front of the camera with the monkeys both looking right into the camera as if to say, Yeah, you hairless primates? Total pervs. Hit refresh again. We know you will.
Where would the monkeys get an idea like that?
