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  • Dec. 11th, 2007 at 1:44 PM
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It's a jerboa, found in the Gobi Desert and caught on video for the first time in all its burrowing, kangaroo-hopping glory.



Meanwhile, I'm revising the last chapter of my book. In the first go-round (as well as the second and third go-rounds), I trashed the entire planet pretty badly. Readers have commented that a less apocalyptic trashing of the planet might be more satisfying. For me, having cut my SF-nal teeth on the Planet of the Apes movies (as well as the novelizations, and, especially, the action figures), post-apocalypse is pretty cozy territory. Grr. Argh. Contemplate.

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[info]affinity8 wrote:
Dec. 11th, 2007 10:06 pm (UTC)
Oh, so very cute! The jerboa, that is is.

The trouble with destroying the world is how do you top it in the sequel? Oh, now I'll destroy the *galaxy.* Now I'll destroy the *universe."

Damn Norse mythology.



Edited at 2007-12-11 11:12 pm (UTC)
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[info]gregvaneekhout wrote:
Dec. 12th, 2007 12:34 am (UTC)
No, in first book we destroy the world, and in the second book we repair to the pub for drinks and commiseration.
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[info]sarah_prineas wrote:
Dec. 11th, 2007 10:15 pm (UTC)
Fimbulwinter is happening in Iowa RIGHT NOW.

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[info]gregvaneekhout wrote:
Dec. 12th, 2007 12:34 am (UTC)
Stay away from the canned peaches in heavy syrup!!!
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[info]sarah_prineas wrote:
Dec. 12th, 2007 12:50 am (UTC)
And your dumb first readers, evidently. Heh.
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[info]gregvaneekhout wrote:
Dec. 12th, 2007 12:55 am (UTC)
As I say in comments downstream, my first readers are some of the best first readers in the world.
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[info]sarah_prineas wrote:
Dec. 12th, 2007 12:57 am (UTC)
Ah. Thanks. I am feeling VERY CRANKY tonight.
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[info]gregvaneekhout wrote:
Dec. 12th, 2007 01:04 am (UTC)
Uh-oh. I wish I could send you a hatching jerboa with snow shoes.

Seriously, if I got wack feedback from my first readers (feedwack?), it'd be easier to decisively write a worse book.
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[info]colleenky wrote:
Dec. 11th, 2007 11:20 pm (UTC)
1) That jeroba is *totally* CGI.

2) I'm a big fan of apocalypse (in the general case, not the specific). Ignore the peanut gallery and go with your gut, I say! ;-)
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[info]gregvaneekhout wrote:
Dec. 12th, 2007 12:35 am (UTC)
But my peanut gallery is so smart!
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[info]bogwitch64 wrote:
Dec. 11th, 2007 11:31 pm (UTC)
Less? Hmmm...make sure your readers are giving advise from a WRITER perspective and not their own yechiness about the world blowing up.
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[info]gregvaneekhout wrote:
Dec. 12th, 2007 12:35 am (UTC)
I'm really lucky in that I have some of the best first-readers in the world. Which is kind of annoying, because it means I really, really have to consider what they say.
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