Homefront

Opening Line Meme

B B Kristopher — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 06:48:21 -0800

The idea here is to post the first line of five works in progress. I'm kind of fudging a bit.

President Charles King was a man with problems. - Homefront. I'm counting as a WIP because it's undergoing a massive trim for length.

I tend to work out naked. - Meredith MacKenzie and the Uruk Empire. It doesn't go out to the agent until Monday, so it counts.

No Joy on Homefront

B B Kristopher — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 16:11:13 -0800

Well, the slush editor over at Baen apparently didn't love Homefront, so it's on to the next market.

Progress Report for Nov 22, 2005

B B Kristopher — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 10:25:54 -0800

Homefront (Warfront Book 1) - Out being line edited. I need to make a few final revisions when it comes back, but after that, it goes into the Baen slush. I also have a handy dandy skip to the front of the line coupon, so it should get read in January instead of November of '06.

Several things

B B Kristopher — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 06:16:40 -0700

Man, I've been busy.

It's done!

B B Kristopher — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 08:56:03 -0700

It has taken almost four years of writing in fits and starts, but it's done. The first draft of Homefront is finally finished. I just wrote the words 'The End' about five minutes ago.

It's been a hell of a long slog, and I didn't end up anywhere near were I intended to go, but all in all, I think it's a pretty damn good book.

I need to do some polishing of course, and I am positively dreading having to print the thing out if my first choice publisher doesn't accept it, but I've finished my first novel eight months shy of my thirtieth birthday.

A long overdue update...

B B Kristopher — Wed, 29 Sep 2004 10:32:05 -0700

So, it's been almost two months since I last updated this. I think I'm overdue, so here goes.

In the last two months, I've:

Started my second year of college. I'm taking Stellar Astronomy, Stellar Astronomy Lab, Survey of World Religions, Survey of American History - Civil War to Present and American Government. The Religion class is disappointing, but the other classes are a lot of fun. I suppose you can't win them all.

Finally...

B B Kristopher — Thu, 03 Jun 2004 12:31:32 -0700

I finished the air to air crap. It will probably need revision, but it's done.

Now I just need to do the ground combat and I can but back to what I really enjoy. Also, I'm at 134,402 words by MS Word's count. Luckily, I'm planning on some cuts.

Note to self

B B Kristopher — Tue, 01 Jun 2004 08:08:12 -0700

O'Hare airport gets it in Native Shores.

Three points.

B B Kristopher — Sat, 29 May 2004 08:16:23 -0700

One, it is very hard to write with a half pount of undiluted cute lying on your chest.

Two, if I stopped participating in online discussions I would quit coming up with the huge surplus of story ideas.

I need to get around to setting up the Story Idea blog sooner rather than later.

I amuse myself anyway...

B B Kristopher — Mon, 24 May 2004 09:17:44 -0700

You know, some typoes are just to funny. Late in Homefront there is a scene where a French General is getting ready to fight a hopeless battle while suffering from walking pnemonia.

His senior NCO says "You should be in bed." to which he replies, "But then who would dye heroically?"

Now I have this picture in my head of the French Army charging into battle in tie dye while driving tanks painted something like this: