Sunday, December 30, 2007
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
The Golden Queen
David Wolverton’s The Golden Queen is the book that I most recently finished. I ended up finding it a pleasant enough read, though it isn’t something I am particularly interested in revisting.
In my reading of the novel, I found myself growing in sympathy for Gallen, Orick, and Maggie, and feeling a mix of sympathy and disguist for Veriasse and Everynne. It seems to me that this is by design. In addition, I found the dronons to be a pretty disgusting evil race for our friends to face, which made the overall story pretty effective.
I came across a copy of a later book that continues this story when I recently visited a library book sale. I had another 150 or so pages to read, meaning I’d read over 2/3 of it. That seems like about the spot in my reading where I’ll have a pretty good idea if it is a story I want to continue to pursue when I finish my reading. Well, I didn’t buy the book, even though it would cost me less than $1. I am not really interested in investing the time in continuing along with the story.
That said, the last little bit did make me smile, and I would count The Golden Queen as an enjoyable enough read in itself.
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Good News
I just got some good news! Two of my poems have been accepted for publication in Aoife’s Kiss, a magazine which focuses on sci-fi poetry. Both are a part of a collection I have been working on, largely dealing with sci-fi related themes. I am pleased that they have been accepted.
Actually, I sent 5 poems, each quite different from the others, in order to test the market and see if I had anything that might fit. It’s nice to know that something does. And, the editor sent me some helpful feedback on one of the rejected poems. I always appreciate helpful commentary on my work, so I was very pleased.
The poems will be appearing in September, one in print and one online. There are several publications put out from Sam’s Dot Publishing, who produces Aoife’s Kiss. If you think you have something that might fit there, do drop it to them. I think, at the very least, you will get some helpful feedback.
