All-purpose, multi-topic Friday sort of post

[annathepiper]

Let's start off this posting with some links! First up: word in from greatbigsea is that the Somerville show this Saturday will be colliding with ZOMBIES! Those of you who have followed my journal know that I have remarked before on the odd juxtaposition of my B'ys and the shambling undead. All I have to say is, nobody better be diving for the brain of The Doyle. ;) (Also? I love the entire idea of a Zombie March.)

Second up, arcaedia has some words of wisdom about submissions etiquette when you're querying agents. Recommended reading for the aspiring writers on my Friends list.

Third, several of you out there have probably heard already, but for those of you who haven't, it seems that the Skiffy Channel is planning a Battlestar Galactica spinoff, to take place on Caprica, and to show the events leading into the original Human/Cylon war. Here's hoping it'll be fun!

And in other news--reading through Julie Czerneda's Migration now, and am quite enjoying it, as I completely expected to do. This book so far isn't as astonishing in terms of plot revelations as the first, since it's the second part of an ongoing story and the reader has a better idea of what's going on now. But Czerneda's still throwing me a couple of amusing side curveballs in terms of interactions between certain characters, and she's not stinting on the amusing alien species, either.

I have learned to my chagrin that according to the list of mile counts on the Eowyn Challenge page, I was tracking miles to Lothlórien wrong all this time. I'd been thinking it was 464 miles when it was actually 462! So I got there earlier than I thought I did, it turns out, and I get to modify the numbers a bit now. Clearly I was distracted by Aragorn. Or Legolas. Or both. (Mmm. Aragorn.) But the mile count to Rauros Falls is a scant 389, so I should hopefully be able to tear through that pretty well over the summer and get well on the way to Isengard after. I'll be following the route taken by Aragorn, of course. (Because again I say, mmm, Aragorn.)

One possible way I might be able to knock off some miles: apparently in these parts, May is Bike to Work month. Very tempting, if I can figure out a decent route from Kenmore down to Real.

I got asked yesterday afternoon what my feelings were about working this weekend, again. I offered Saturday but said that I can't work on Sunday, because of a prior commitment--which is, of course, MurkJam! If you are coming to Jam, please drop a comment here or email me, and let me know! I need to know how much pie I should get.

And last up, birthday wishes go out to kirkcudbright and framlingem for today, and gerimaple for tomorrow! Especially Geri, since her post today that she really wants me hurry up and finish Lament of the Dove so I can write the sequel to Faerie Blood brought a big smile to my face. *^_^* Happily, I plunked out over 700 words on Lament last night, so I'm getting closer and closer to the end of it!

Thursday evening miles: 2.4
Friday morning miles: 2.1
Miles out of Hobbiton: 925.8
Miles out of Rivendell: 467.8
Miles out of Lothlórien: 5.8
Miles to Rauros Falls: 383.2

Comments

zombies

[l-prieto.livejournal.com]

That's so cool! I wish I lived in the area :)

Re: zombies

[annathepiper]

It's very cool! My friend lyonesse does in fact live there, which also is a strong recommendation for Somerville.

Re: zombies

[l-prieto.livejournal.com]

So how did the zombie march go?

Re: zombies

[annathepiper]

I have not heard!

Re: zombies

[l-prieto.livejournal.com]

Aargh! I bet they had a blast and are enjoying making us wait for news ;)

Re: zombies

[annathepiper]

Heh! I wouldn't know who to ask, actually, since I don't personally know anyone who was involved and only heard about it because it got posted about on greatbigsea. It hasn't been mentioned since. :)

[raise-a-jar.livejournal.com]

I immediately thought of you as soon as I read about the zombie march! :D

[annathepiper]

*laugh!* I wonder if I should be alarmed that I'm going to wind up being the GBS fan one thinks of every time one connects the B'ys with zombies.

[raise-a-jar.livejournal.com]

If it were a topic that came up more often, I might worry, but honestly? How often do the words 'Great Big Sea' and 'zombies' come up in the same conversation :D

Though now that I say that, it's going to happen a lot more frequently! LOL

[annathepiper]

Three times so far with me! ;)

Just you watch. I bet it'll come up again. Just because my subconscious is like that when it comes to throwing me Great Big Dreams--if it's not trying to save Alan and Russell Crowe from being assassinated, it's trying to escape a zombie horde with Alan and seimaisin!

I have weird and involved dreams. But then, perhaps this is why I am a novelist!

[janne.livejournal.com]

I'm all in favor of a Faerie Blood sequel, too! (Big surprise, huh?)

[annathepiper]

*giggle!* Hell, I'm in favor of one myself, Kendis and Christopher and Elessir are all waiting somewhat petulantly in the back of my brain for me to continue their story, while I've been distracted by all these other characters!

[wildshadowstar.livejournal.com]

On your way to Lothlorien, you may be distracted by Aragorn, but not by pointy-hat, longbottom leaf-smoking wizards. Have fun, and remember to drink plenty of water and eat plenty of lembas bread.

[annathepiper]

Gotta eat right for that run across the plains of Rohan, indeed!

[wildshadowstar.livejournal.com]

Don't go kicking orc helmets and break two toes like Viggo did while filming that scene.

[annathepiper]

Ow ow ow ow.

This reminds me, though, that I still need to watch all the extras on those DVDs.

[wildshadowstar.livejournal.com]

The extras can be taken in parts or as a whole, but if you decide on doing the whole part, prepare to take the better part of a day to watch them. There are some parts that take some time that don't actually relate to the actual movie making process, but are more about the creation process of Tolkein and a bit of background of him, like how he was born in South Africa but moved to England and where he went to school and met up with some of his friends. These are purely geeky parts if you don't want to watch them in the same session as the rest.

In the music section, there were documentary sort of things where the crew used everyday items to create the sound-scapes for stuff like the nazgul screams and other bits of random sounds. I found this rather interesting.

[annathepiper]

I've heard about bits and pieces of all of the extras, so at least the major things won't be a surprise. But yeah, I ought to watch them at some point. Usually these kinds of things are best done as background to some other task, like oh, say, balancing the checkbooks. I daresay Mr. Mortensen will make balancing the checkbooks a much more appealing task. ^_^

And I remember hearing about some neat stuff they were doing with sound in the entire Balrog sequence, too.