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DUNE BLOG
Saturday, November 29, 2008

Mexico to Los Angeles
On the night after leaving Guatemala we had a roller-coaster ride over seas that the captain classified as "very rough" -- 12-18 ft swells -- which made for interesting sleeping as well as a staggering challenge to go get coffee for me and Rebecca in the morning. Heading up the coast of southern Mexico, we stopped in the sheltered bays of a newly developed resort area, Huatulco. The ship docked only for the afternoon, but we walked through the small town, looked in some shops, and had a lovely table on the beach where we were served margaritas, fresh-fried tortilla chips, guacamole, a local salsa, and sweet fried plantains. It was wonderful (and only underscored my disappointment that none of the tours in the other Central American countries had served the local cuisine).

From Huatulco, we had three at-sea days sailing northward to Los Angeles. I enjoyed the time to read, edit, and watch movies. I edited another short story for a horror anthology, and Rebecca and I spent a lot of time walking around the decks, brainstorming Terra Incognita 2 as well as a new kids' adventure series we're planning. Even with all the relaxing aboard ship, I managed to spend an hour in the gym almost every day (trying not to lose too much ground!). Each night in the dining room we've been taken care of by two excellent servers (George from Romania and Veronica from Mexico). We've eaten way too much over the past 14 days.

For movies, we watched The Golden Compass, 21, The Cooler, American Gangster, Horton Hears a Who, and The Martian Child -- based on the short story, then novel, by David Gerrold ("The Trouble with Tribbles"), who as a single dad had himself adopted a troubled young boy and raised him; Rebecca and I have known David for years, and we watched him go through many of those experiences.

Early tomorrow morning we dock in LA and go through the chaos of customs, retrieving our luggage, and then being picked up by Rebecca's brother Mark. We're all staying with Mark and his family Sunday and Monday until we fly home Monday night. (It's not easy getting a flight home at the end of Thanksgiving weekend.)

We've seen a lot of things, recharged our batteries, did some relaxing and energizing, and I even got a fair amount of work done -- proofed the galleys for ENEMIES & ALLIES, finished the edit of JESSICA OF DUNE, polished two new short stories, and developed the detailed outline for the second Terra Incognita novel. But it'll be good to be sleeping in our own bed again. It remains to be seen if the cats remember us!

-- KJA

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You know, KJA's blogs are exactly like his books : Low on content, boring, irrelevant for the most part and the part that is relevant could be summarise in 5 or 6 words instead of a paragraph... :)
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"Finished the edit ..."

I'll translate that:

"I let Brian think he's making a few changes, then just hit un-do. It's 500 pages of pure Kevin, baby."
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Boring! I'd almost rather read PoD than this blog!
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Frybread wrote:Boring! I'd almost rather read PoD than this blog!
I know. But we've got folks here who won't darken dunenovels.com's door.
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SandRider wrote:
DUNE BLOG
Saturday, November 29, 2008

Mexico to Los Angeles
On the night after leaving Guatemala we had a roller-coaster ride over seas that the captain classified as "very rough" -- 12-18 ft swells -- which made for interesting sleeping as well as a staggering challenge to go get coffee for me and Rebecca in the morning. Heading up the coast of southern Mexico, we stopped in the sheltered bays of a newly developed resort area, Huatulco. The ship docked only for the afternoon, but we walked through the small town, looked in some shops, and had a lovely table on the beach where we were served margaritas, fresh-fried tortilla chips, guacamole, a local salsa, and sweet fried plantains. It was wonderful (and only underscored my disappointment that none of the tours in the other Central American countries had served the local cuisine).

From Huatulco, we had three at-sea days sailing northward to Los Angeles. I enjoyed the time to read, edit, and watch movies. I edited another short story for a horror anthology, and Rebecca and I spent a lot of time walking around the decks, brainstorming Terra Incognita 2 as well as a new kids' adventure series we're planning. Even with all the relaxing aboard ship, I managed to spend an hour in the gym almost every day (trying not to lose too much ground!). Each night in the dining room we've been taken care of by two excellent servers (George from Romania and Veronica from Mexico). We've eaten way too much over the past 14 days.

For movies, we watched The Golden Compass, 21, The Cooler, American Gangster, Horton Hears a Who, and The Martian Child -- based on the short story, then novel, by David Gerrold ("The Trouble with Tribbles"), who as a single dad had himself adopted a troubled young boy and raised him; Rebecca and I have known David for years, and we watched him go through many of those experiences.

Early tomorrow morning we dock in LA and go through the chaos of customs, retrieving our luggage, and then being picked up by Rebecca's brother Mark. We're all staying with Mark and his family Sunday and Monday until we fly home Monday night. (It's not easy getting a flight home at the end of Thanksgiving weekend.)

We've seen a lot of things, recharged our batteries, did some relaxing and energizing, and I even got a fair amount of work done -- proofed the galleys for ENEMIES & ALLIES, finished the edit of JESSICA OF DUNE, polished two new short stories, and developed the detailed outline for the second Terra Incognita novel. But it'll be good to be sleeping in our own bed again. It remains to be seen if the cats remember us!

-- KJA
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I'm not reading that crap. Someone give me the executive summary :) :P
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Blah, blah, blah...more stupid. There you go.
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Your typical saturday morning cartoon villain rant.
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Thanks. That saved me the effort.
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Early tomorrow morning we dock in LA and go through the chaos of customs, retrieving our luggage, and then being picked up by Rebecca's brother Mark. We're all staying with Mark and his family Sunday and Monday until we fly home Monday night. (It's not easy getting a flight home at the end of Thanksgiving weekend.)
This is the most exciting part. FUCKING RIVETING!

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GamePlayer wrote:I'm not reading that crap. Someone give me the executive summary :) :P
I came. I sailed. I barfed. I bitched. (he had to do one better than Caesar).
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*You guys hear a gunshot, follwed by me yelling "And Stay dead!" (But its all misspelled somehow) *

Anyway, why are we giving Kevin the attention he desperaretly wants? You're just feeding him, making him think that people read his blog. That bastard...

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Omphalos wrote:I came. I sailed. I barfed. I bitched. (he had to do one better than Caesar).
:lol:

Gawd, don't give him any ideas! Next he'll be writing sequels and prequels to Commentaries on the Gallic War. (Turns out all of Caesar's works were actually written by his "nephew secretary", who was a young and handsome time-traveling scifi author who just happened to have minored in Latin at uni.)

A longer, more accurate summary in the same vein:

I sailed. I hiked. I met Juanito. I c.... You get the picture. ;)
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More short stories?!!! I knew they would try to trick fans out of their money again.

How dare they publish a book knowing they have devout fans that will immediately buy their books and then publish the SAME thing only with a short story added to it so fans are forced to buy the same crap again?!

I used to be a fan of the new Dune novels. Now after their dastardly trick with the short stories and the horrible Sandworms ending, I have switched sides to the haters.

I can't emphasise enough how betrayed I feel. Like most other Dune fans I'm just waiting until they STOP.
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What exactly are you ranting about now? Did I miss something?
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Seriously, Bill? Did it finally sink in? Or are you really just pissed off at the BG and decided to take it out on Kevie and his lil daughter, BH?
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SandChigger wrote:
Omphalos wrote:I came. I sailed. I barfed. I bitched. (he had to do one better than Caesar).
:lol:

Gawd, don't give him any ideas! Next he'll be writing sequels and prequels to Commentaries on the Gallic War. (Turns out all of Caesar's works were actually written by his "nephew secretary", who was a young and handsome time-traveling scifi author who just happened to have minored in Latin at uni.)

A longer, more accurate summary in the same vein:

I sailed. I hiked. I met Juanito. I c.... You get the picture. ;)
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:lol:
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Keith's 06 December 2008 Dune Blog entry { http://www.dunenovels.com/blog/page075.html }
"Cruise Scrapbook" is one picture of a boat and a link { http://www.wordfire.com/scrapbooks/scra ... og061.html }
to his wordfire blog. Keith is as lame a landscape photographer as he is a "writer",
but there are a few pictures of him that might provide demotivator material or some
pics for another "Life of Brian". (Which is overdue again, Chig. What happend to the
weekly schedule ? Don't work well under pressure with a deadline, you say ? You wait
for inspiration and a creative idea, instead of slapping some shit together, you say ? Well,
you'll never make in this business, then.) There's one picture of him
standing on the railing of the ship wearing a Paul of Dune T-shirt.
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Nebiros wrote:More short stories?!!! I knew they would try to trick fans out of their money again.

How dare they publish a book knowing they have devout fans that will immediately buy their books and then publish the SAME thing only with a short story added to it so fans are forced to buy the same crap again?!

I used to be a fan of the new Dune novels. Now after their dastardly trick with the short stories and the horrible Sandworms ending, I have switched sides to the haters.

I can't emphasise enough how betrayed I feel. Like most other Dune fans I'm just waiting until they STOP.
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Hehehe :)

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KJA even takes boring photographs.

His power to control the forces of boredom is simply breathtaking.
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I think I'm took much of a film geek to understand that one. I never have trouble following dialog in a film, even the ultra-cheese dialog.
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