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Thought I'd posted yesterday that I was 550 words into a new novelette with a new character who will probably become the centre of a series. It's set in my extrapolation of Vance's Dying Earth milieu and it starts with a character who finds himself walking along a dirt road crossing a high plateau, apparently not that far behind a caravan. Thing is, he doesn't remember who he is or how he got there.

At this point, I don't know either, so we'll discover the mystery together. But he's a capable and competent sort, as he finds out when he meets the caravan guards at a caravanserai. That happened in the 1100 words I wrote today. Now the merchant has taken an interest in him.

We'll see what happens next.
 
Another 1300 words on the amnesiac character. Today I learned he has been a soldier and is from the south. Also, he has an aversion to wizards. Tomorrow I'll bring him down to the riverside city that he already has a mental image of. Then we'll see what happens. Maybe something with boats.
 
Hey Matt I saw your name mentioned in the latest Years Best Science Fiction 2018 from the recently departed Dozois's intro.
 
Matthew Hughes said:
While Gardner never chose me for his Year's Bests, he did invite me into seven of his anthos, and looked to me to fill in when he had a drop-out. I will miss him a great deal.
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Yes. He is irreplaceable! It will be interesting to see what they do with the Annual Year's Best....
 
Now up to 46K words on "Jewels and Rooks"
Research suggests many places in Nevada, today for UK Citizens that are sober and have 2 IDs is the equivalent of Regency Era fiction Gretna Green. The most expensive bit might be the airline tickets followed by accommodation.
The Morrígan has spent too many years brooding about other people's nice jewellery and as a big carrion crow. Obsessed with Shiny Shiny. Curiously it's a myth about Magpies, though juveniles of many types of crow will carry off shiny things. One in Canada pinched the Scene of Crime knife!
You don't need to invent much fantasy for rooks.
 
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A little over 500 words today on the amnesiac. Spent hours getting my newsletter out then fiddling with a link that somehow got screwed up.
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Matthew, the email you sent out correcting a bad link in your newsletter unfortunately contains a broken link as well. It gives the following error message: "404 - You have arrived at the Old Sea, probably through a bad link."
 
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Matthew, the email you sent out correcting a bad link in your newsletter unfortunately contains a broken link as well. It gives the following error message: "404 - You have arrived at the Old Sea, probably through a bad link."
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I know. It's weird, but the link works for me. And apparently for some others, too.

I think MailChimp, which sends out the actual email, is adding some extension. I've simply been sending those who email me directly a Word file.
 
Matthew Hughes said:
I know. It's weird, but the link works for me. And apparently for some others, too.

I think MailChimp, which sends out the actual email, is adding some extension. I've simply been sending those who email me directly a Word file.
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I'll PM you my email then. I have been enjoying One Damned Thing After Another.
 
74003 words so far. I'm probably going to remove 4,000 or so words as I see them as filler talk from a detective character about others. I will save it for the second book..So I'm possibly hoovering back at 70,000 so far spending a just a tiny bit more time on a young grieving girl character.

I axed a scene with a special force unit getting demolished by the "alien baddie" and may switch that over into book two as well.

I need to get on doing my newsletter and being greay like everyone else doing.
 
Another thousand words on the amnesiac. He's going to work as security chief on a riverboat that draws tinhorn gamblers and thieves. Should be fun. Also, he's been learning things about himself, his accent, his apparent education.

But he's not going to turn out to be a dispossessed prince. A cliche too far, that would be.
 
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