Well, I finished all my immediate book-related tasks this week, and as a reward I finally let myself read John Scalzi’s newest sci-fi novel, “The Last Emperox”.
It was, unsurprisingly, very, very good. Light as a feather, heavy as lead, with a plot twist you could see coming but that still was sublimely satisfying. “Inevitable but surprising”, I believe Mary Robinette-Kowal says about such plot devices. It was a joy to read.
One day I will write fiction that’s as good as his, but until then I shall continue to toil and improve and work at my craft such that I can make that statement true. Talent doesn’t just ‘manifest’, and you have to work at the things you want to be better at. I really want to be a better writer, and so… I write!
Anyway. No writing for me at the moment (a lot of reading, mostly King Lear at the moment, which is heavy to get through and even heavier to try and analyze), but I’ll be back at it this weekend when I have shorter work days (although, as is tradition, we’re starting to open earlier and stay open later… whee…). Who knows, maybe somebody with a shred of common sense in the government will shut Canada down again for a few weeks and I can get some writing done… I won’t count on it, but oh will I dream of it!
Hope everyone out there is staying safe and healthy!