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Dec. 1st, 2007 05:01 pmOn LJ's new policy about adult content: this can't possibly end well.
On a happier note, earlier this week in class I got an idea on how to rewrite the beginning of my novel so that it will (hopefully) grab the reader right away. Yay! (Several days later: so far, so good. Now I just have to finish the rest of the story!)
I recently read Who's Afraid of Beowulf? by Tom Holt. Beowulf does not appear; instead, an archaeologist in England finds a ship burial, which turns out to have a dozen Vikings sleeping in it. It took me several tries to get into this book, but I'm glad I finally did. Surprisingly, there wasn't as much "culture shock" from the Vikings as you'd expect. (Hey, I'm getting deja vu writing this.)
On a happier note, earlier this week in class I got an idea on how to rewrite the beginning of my novel so that it will (hopefully) grab the reader right away. Yay! (Several days later: so far, so good. Now I just have to finish the rest of the story!)
I recently read Who's Afraid of Beowulf? by Tom Holt. Beowulf does not appear; instead, an archaeologist in England finds a ship burial, which turns out to have a dozen Vikings sleeping in it. It took me several tries to get into this book, but I'm glad I finally did. Surprisingly, there wasn't as much "culture shock" from the Vikings as you'd expect. (Hey, I'm getting deja vu writing this.)
