Life in the Literary Trenches

[felis_ultharus]

Just a post to announce that I'm not dead.

I've been reading around the clock. I finally crashed this weekend. I only read about 20 poems yesterday, and a third of a novel today.

I calculate the absolute minimum I need not to crash and burn on this exam on Friday is reading 2.7 novels. I'm a slow reader and two of them are long novels, too -- long, but very good. I'd also like to get more poetry read.

I have had a bit of a social life. jenjoou throws a great party, and anime nights have been fun. I'm enjoying Last Exile.

Better news is that I finally finished my heavy edit ofmy novel, and now I'm doing my final, lighter edit. I calculated this would take about 4 days, but it's going to be more like 20, given my reading schedule.

And on the subject of my writing, my public reading at Zeke's gallery is now online. It includes a few paragraphs from my novel. I'm proud and very embarrassed at the same time -- no one told me it'd be web-accessible :/

Comments

[jenjoou.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you're not dead. I'm getting zombie baby flashbacks now (I want to see that movie...).

Good luck on the reading. It's a lot but I'm sure you can do it. *hug* It'll all be over soon and we can sit back and enjoy some more Last Exile. ;)

[felis-ultharus.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

*hugs back*

Here (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103873/trivia) is the IMDB entry for Dead Alive I'd forgotten that Dead Alive was only the American release title.

I'm not sure which trivia detail from the IMDB I find funnier:

"During the lawnmower scene, blood was pumped at five gallons per second."

Or,

"The song played on the organ as the mourners wait to enter the church (prior to the embalming scene) is none other than "Sodomy" from Peter Jackson's previous film Meet the Feebles (1989)."