tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529575095156315075.post4134502650823603799..comments2024-02-09T12:12:37.636-08:00Comments on best minimum wage job a middle aged guy ever had: Duncan McGearyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02857388833850939721noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529575095156315075.post-66311457267463670552016-10-23T11:03:08.023-07:002016-10-23T11:03:08.023-07:00If I had to guess, I won't go for the supernat...If I had to guess, I won't go for the supernatural in this book. Probably 60/40 not. <br /><br />Unfortunately, I have to think of the markets. I have an "in" with horror publishers, and I have no "in" anywhere else. Which means I have to do the whole Agent route or publish it myself.<br /><br />Publishing it myself means no one will see it or buy it.<br /><br />So...I keep hoping I'll have an unalloyed success at some point, and that there will be enough of a Crichton vibe to this book that one of the horror publishers will take it on.<br /><br />Right now, I'm just writing it.Duncan McGearyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02857388833850939721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529575095156315075.post-82631492078364259552016-10-23T10:45:04.263-07:002016-10-23T10:45:04.263-07:00Just a thought: alternatives to magic...
Previous...Just a thought: alternatives to magic...<br /><br />Previously unknown physics phenomena, <br />or genetically induced ability,<br />or doji, imam, or transcendental level ability,<br />or advanced military,<br />or alien technology.<br /><br />Personally, in the last few years, I've been drifting away from supernatural magic as the foundation for viewing narrative worlds. The Harry Potter stories relied upon such a utterly incomprehensible array of impossibilities, that now that I re-read or re-watch them, I'm struck by how cavalier Rowling was with her "whoops -- didn't think of that -- better stick in some extra magic wiz-ma-gig here to compensate."<br /><br />Therefore, I find myself tending toward the improbable versus the impossible. Fantasy just doesn't do it for me anymore. The Martian, improbable, not impossible. Robopocalypse, highly improbable but not impossible. Blue Across the Sea, half probable and have improbable but none of it impossible.<br /><br />My two pence (with GBP nearly at parity with USD).<br /><br />(Per Cent is exactly that 1/100'th of the 100 cent dollar. Why don't the British call that concept "perpence" instead?)Dave Clinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10723925328649290981noreply@blogger.com