TakeDown – First Draft

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Blogs, SF, Writing

A double-purpose post, firstly to let you know I’m still here, and secondly, the first draft of TakeDown is complete.  I’m running through it, making notes, etc, and will be editing for the next month or so, before releasing it via Smashwords.

Thank you all for your patience.

Finished the Nights Dawn Trilogy – at last!

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Reading, SF

Totalling nearly 3500 pages, I have finally finished the Night’s Dawn trilogy by Peter F Hamilton.  A hefty effort, made more impressive that I dipped into the Confederation Handbook from time to time, and now have started on the collection, ‘A Second Chance At Eden’.

Overall, the story is excellent, some interesting views on death, eternal life, judgement and humanity.  I did feel however, that the end was short, although given the powers that made the end possible, without spoiling it, justified it’s brevity.

Can’t wait to finish the short story collection, then maybe move on to something like the Void trilogy – I’m itching to get back to the the Commonwealth, and even reading Pandora’s Star/Judas Chained – again.

Refocus.

I am in dire need of a refocus.  I’ll say more tomorrow (actually, later today, as it is now nearly 1am).

Merry Christmas All

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Blogs, Links, Photography

Just to wish you a merry christmas, enjoy it whether you’re working, chilling, with friends and family or not, it doesn’t matter.  My wife’s working so my morning is chilling on my own…

Plus I’m lauching a sister blog – richrockphotography.wordpress.com, featuring my photography old and hopefully new!

Finally moved and settled

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Living, Moving, Writing

Before Christmas… yay!  We got into our new abode, loving it, apart from the awful ADSL connection (cuts out every time someone rings).  So will have to deal with that, after having dealt with all the other bills that have come our way.

The slightly smaller room means that the dog and cat seem to be at each other more often,but I suspect that is due to space.

During the last week, we experienced temperatures of -6°, which of course meant that a:  biking was stupid and foolish, and b: I couldn’t test that theory because my throttle cable was completely frozen.   However, lots more snow arrived, and I was able to ride (nervously) today.

Here’s wishing y’all a great Christmas, celebrate Christ’s birth, not the worship of Santa, and see you all on the flipside before new years.

Moving

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Moving

So true.