The sequel to Reality Testing is DONE.
I mean, I say ‘done’. The first draft is done. Which is like saying a house is done when all you’ve done is run out and buy a bag of cement and dig some holes in the ground. But whatever: this has been a trying year - more so than the last - so I’m pleased to have been able to steer book six in the Grant Price Pantheon of Published and Unpublished Novels to its conclusion. And now I can finally get back to book 5 and give it the attention it deserves.
Book of the month: Death’s End by Cixin Liu. When the first part is about working out how to accelerate a human brain to 1/10 the speed of light so that it’ll be intercepted by an alien armada, you know you’re on to some good nerd writing.
Album of the month: Not Senjutsu by Iron Maiden. Maybe Hey What by Low or The North Water by Tim Hecker.
Film of the month: I mean, Dune, obviously. One of the greatest things I’ve ever seen. If no sequel is made, it will be a travesty.
Music for leaves falling down:
4 Sleater-Kinney - God Is A Number
the remains of the day.