I've just about finished yet another edit of Spawn of Kongomato in time for Christmas. Wondering what I should do before returning to the first of the next edit of the three books I foolishly began at the same time, I happened upon an old floppy disc the other day, (not a three and a half inch but a five and a quarter inch version) and to my pleasure, discovered a book wot I rit about twenty years ago.
It's complete rubbish of course but the premise behind the book still excites me just as much as it did when I wrote it, and the fact that I spent over a month researching the technical details has made me decide to write it again.
I'm getting bored with SF but so enjoyed The book of Pain that this will be a good way of writing something else.
Stand by for blood and guts with the only sex scene I ever wrote. I'll probably trash it this time since they embarrass me, and if they do that to me, the writer, I wonder how any reader will react.
It's called flashback. Can't wait.
I wrote it in Word Perfect 5.00 before converting it to Word ver 2.00. I wonder if MS has a filter.
How amazing to find an old story from 20 years ago- and the fact that you were able to read what was on the floppy disc is incredible! Glad you will use the story for your next writing project. If a story idea still grabs you 20 years later then it must be good! Best of luck!
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Thanks, Jess. I've often thought about it and always hoped I'd find it since I don't believe that anyone else has done a novel in quite the same way. Here's hoping. Trouble is I've still got those pesky three novels to finish yet and this time I'm not going to let them languish. I want them published by March.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with that sex scene Roger, I don't envy you! I read 50 shades (all of them). It was easy – I missed out all the sex scenes! It only took a couple of days to read and return them to my neighbour (in a plain brown paper bag!!)
ReplyDeleteI decided to make the sex scene funny, sort of, and that way I wouldn't have to be explicit.
ReplyDeleteJust finished Kongomato 2, edit 4. I'm almost happy.
Yippee I can't wait to read it - I just know it will be brilliant.
ReplyDeleteIt's thanks to you that I'm doing so many edits. This time not a single mistake.
DeleteI can't wait. Your works are such excellent reads. And a sex scene too? Alright!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Donna. I've already rewritten the sex scene so that I'm happy with it, as much as I can be with such things. Don't like writing them, don't like reading them. I'm not a old prude but they just don't float my boat, as it were.
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