I watch the ripples change their size
But never leave the stream
Of warm impermanence
And so the days float through my eyes
But still the days seem the same
And these children that you spit on
As they try to change their worlds
Are immune to your consultations
They're quite aware of what they're goin' through

Saturday, January 27, 2007

Batteries drained.

Time for bed. 3200 words. I'm past the crushing defeat part.

4 comments:

Todd Wheeler said...

A question about the process on your Pirates story. I probably missed some lead up info so forgive my ignorance.

What was driving you to get it done now? An accumulation of ideas (or little notes) that reached critical mass? Something else?

Just curious. I figure the reasons are different for each project, but wanted to ask this story while the subject was fresh on the blog.

Steve Buchheit said...

To paraphrase a line from the story (and Pancho Villa's recruitment poster), for the Accummulation of Ideas and the Deadlines, but mostly for the Deadlines.

Jeff VanderMeer's Pirate Anthology is only open until Feb 28. And I'm pretty sure I'm going to miss John Joseph Adams' (aka The Slush God) reading period for a special issue of Shimmer. Plus, my next writers group meets on the 11th, stories for critique should be submitted a week in advance.

So there's a blunderbus to me head, and a cutlass at me backsides. Arrr. (No, my characters don't really talk that way).

Camille Alexa said...

Pirates are getting some good play right now.

Steve Buchheit said...

Yup, pirates are hot. Johnny Depp has done great things for a sub-sub-genre.