Work-wise, I'm fixing up the author questionnaire for Peter Wolverton. I'm also waiting on a more formal acknowledgement from the portrait studio that it's okay for the publisher to use the photos I had taken (I already have verbal assurance).
I have a couple of sci-fi projects ready to start after I have some feedback on which one Peter would like to see next. I've also started working on a young adult fantasy story which I'm planning to expand into a series (starts small, gets epic).
For play: I'm buying a 15th c. ring hilted long sword from a friend of mine. It's pre-sharpened so he wasn't comfortable having it in the house because of his son. I'll be mostly swinging it around in the backyard for exercise--not cutting anything with it, as I don't want to damage the blade. Don't feel sorry for my friend, he still has a lovely Oakeshott type XIV--I'd actually be more comfortable with it as the one he's selling is significantly larger, but I've wanted a sword for years, so I'll take it if he doesn't want it =)
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Geek cred
I was one of the last geeks to have not read Game of Thrones. Until this week when I finished it =)
It is indeed well done. Though, the people were not as objectionable as some reviewers made them out to be (maybe reading Empress a couple years ago increased my threshold for amoral characters... well, no, there's the Elric books, Tanith Lee's anti-heroes, quite a few more).
As of the first book, I like Tyrion and Arya the most. I dislike Sansa the most.
It is indeed well done. Though, the people were not as objectionable as some reviewers made them out to be (maybe reading Empress a couple years ago increased my threshold for amoral characters... well, no, there's the Elric books, Tanith Lee's anti-heroes, quite a few more).
As of the first book, I like Tyrion and Arya the most. I dislike Sansa the most.
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Contract!
Peter Wolverton is going to be my editor for Mincemeat, a science fiction story about psychics, conspiracies and survival.
Which means it's official, and I'm cleaning up this blog and changing it around. My name is David Ramirez and I'm a writer =)
My agent is Kristin Nelson at the Nelson Literary Agency.
The new background picture is me kicking a wall at my high school. The picture is from years after high school, when my wife and I attended a reunion. My kicking the wall in frustration is one of her most striking memories of me when I was young =) And I figure, it's also a great visual metaphor for the writing process.
Which means it's official, and I'm cleaning up this blog and changing it around. My name is David Ramirez and I'm a writer =)
My agent is Kristin Nelson at the Nelson Literary Agency.
The new background picture is me kicking a wall at my high school. The picture is from years after high school, when my wife and I attended a reunion. My kicking the wall in frustration is one of her most striking memories of me when I was young =) And I figure, it's also a great visual metaphor for the writing process.
Monday, April 30, 2012
Sunday, October 9, 2011
It's not very professional
...but I still get this burst of glee and terror any time I get an e-mail having to do with the manuscript. It just feels so awesome that somebody is handling my stuff, and it's actual WORK for them, not just the kindness of loved ones.
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