Just wanted to say that I am really enjoying the livejournal stuff….I loved your book, ( and all of Nicola’s also) but I also like the unpredictability of the net stuff. I read a fairly selective # of blogs plus karate websites cos that’s my latest passion…also just think the internet is exciting…anyway, sorry, bit inarticulate tonight….just keep it up! Looking forward to your next book with interest.
best wishes
amanda
Glad you’re enjoying the journals. The updates are irregular (and maybe that’s part of what you mean by unpredictable, smile), but that’s not for lack of interest on my part. It’s mostly been a lack of organization, to be honest. I’ve been juggling lots of things recently, and all things web (this site, and the journals) have suffered from dropping off my radar. But I’ve got a system now that helps me stay on track a bit better, hence the more regular updates of late.
I’m enjoying the opportunity to explore Jackal and Snow and the others in a more everyday aspect. To tell a story at a more lifelike pace, which would I think be pretty much unacceptable these days in a novel. No one would publish these journals as a book, but they are certainly a continuation of story.
I’m also enjoying looking at the same events from different perspectives. I thought about creating the journals so that the characters could comment on each other’s posts, but decided in the end that there were more possibilities for story inherent in keeping the journals âprivate’ without that particular cross-commenting. The Solitaire journal exists partly to let characters have those direct conversations and interactions. And of course the beauty of the journals is that if I want to change all that down the road, I can. It’s fun to have that freedom.
The internet rocks. I am getting into so many new areas â wikis, telephony, customized radio, mashups, and who knows what’s around the corner? And of course, let’s not forget the Bunnies!
Good luck with karate. I’ve been missing aikido lately, although if I had one more thing, even a beloved one, added to my plate right now, I would probably just throw myself under a bus.