Anyone else writing a book?

[BrotherBenny]

Just typed up chapter 19 which was 2,122 words (one of the longest chapters thus far I might add) which brings the total past the 1/3 mark: 33,506 words.

Here's hoping I can keep the momentum going and get the next few chapters done before the xmas/new year period. I want to write 16,500 words in the next 3 weeks.

An update.

I have hit a research snag on the novel. I need to know how long it would take, during the second world war, to travel to Japan from the UK, provided one had the means to do so as fast as possible. Until I can figure that out, I won't be able to continue since that is an entire chapter and what happens sets up a lot of stuff in future chapters.

Any help would be appreciated.

Since i'm stuck on that one, I'm going to worldbuild the main planet for my space opera trilogy.

 

[Robert Maxwell]

What means of travel do you have available? From there it's not too hard to figure out.

And you can be vague, like "boat" or "plane." Just the mode would suffice, I can probably figure it out from there.

 

[BrotherBenny]

What means of travel do you have available? From there it's not too hard to figure out.

And you can be vague, like "boat" or "plane." Just the mode would suffice, I can probably figure it out from there.

I don't think commercial jet travel existed then, so you're left with boats and military planes and long drives through hostile countries if you're trying to drive through Europe/Asia/etc.

 

[sojourner]

Jet travel, no. airplane travel, yes. Though with very limited routes. Though getting near Japan without getting shot at might be a problem regardless of travel mode.

 

[Robert Maxwell]

Yeah, driving over land would be exceedingly treacherous, given that there's a world war going on. The safest route would be by ship, heading down around the southern tip of Africa.

Here is a pretty awesome tool that will plan a sea route between any two major world ports, and you can put in the specs of your ship and it will figure out how long it would take. You can also put in whether or not to use the Panama or Suel canals. Really cool!

I think traveling by ship would be the safest way to go. Car is simply too dangerous and you'd still have to find a sea route to Japan once you get close. You'd have to hop way too many planes, as well, and there's a good chance of being shot down.

By boat, it would take 17 days at 27 knots to reach Japan via the Suez Canal. Via the Panama Canal, it would take 19 days. Going around the horn of Africa, 22. Those are minima, by the way. You'd probably have to pad the time to account for port stops, refueling, bad weather, etc.

I hope that helps!

 

[sojourner]

^Well, that shoots his "fast as possible" caveat. Airplanes and ships in combination are teh best bet.

 

[SeerSGB]

Well here's a kicker: As I mentioned up thread, I'm planning a book set locally. Well (surprise to a lot of folks) one of the locales (and old theater that has been closed since the 70s and assumed to be property of the city) is owned (bought in the last decade) by a local man whose taken a interest in "protecting" his property.

The rumor mill has it that he's Googles the property and is sending out e-mails telling people to pull down images or articles written about the place or he'll sue for breach of privacy &/ unlicensed used. I don't think he can really do that (I'm probably wrong), but it does put a interesting headache into the mix. Only reason I heard about is one of the people I do work for knew I had taken event photos outside the place last year, and they want them off their site before he threatened them.

So I'm left with the original options: Write the thing and see what happens, change the "names to protect the innocent" as I go, or just write and hand it over to an attorney and let the vet it.

 

[Robert Maxwell]

^Well, that shoots his "fast as possible" caveat. Airplanes and ships in combination are teh best bet.

Yeah, but that would require some pretty detailed itinerary planning, since he'd have to figure out where there would be functioning airports at that time, what sort of craft they were likely to have, where they would go, etc.

It also strains credibility somewhat to have someone arrange that kind of transportation in wartime. In my opinion, a ship doing most of the journey is far more plausible. You need very little other than friendly ports to refuel at, and to keep a low profile.

Guess a private plane would work, but again, letting a civilian(?) use an airstrip during a time of war doesn't seem likely.

BrotherBenny, if you really want to have it go down that a plane was used, and the actual journey isn't that important, just say it took about 3 days to get from the UK to Japan. The final leg of the journey could be accomplished via ferry from China or Korea to Japan. I'm at a loss for where there would be any accessible airstrips for your initial landing, though.

 

[sojourner]

Well here's a kicker: As I mentioned up thread, I'm planning a book set locally. Well (surprise to a lot of folks) one of the locales (and old theater that has been closed since the 70s and assumed to be property of the city) is owned (bought in the last decade) by a local man whose taken a interest in "protecting" his property.

The rumor mill has it that he's Googles the property and is sending out e-mails telling people to pull down images or articles written about the place or he'll sue for breach of privacy &/ unlicensed used. I don't think he can really do that (I'm probably wrong), but it does put a interesting headache into the mix. Only reason I heard about is one of the people I do work for knew I had taken event photos outside the place last year, and they want them off their site before he threatened them.

So I'm left with the original options: Write the thing and see what happens, change the "names to protect the innocent" as I go, or just write and hand it over to an attorney and let the vet it.

Pretty sure pic's taken in public are just that. Public. If not, Paparazzi would be pretty much illegal.
And in your fiction just don't name the place. Just call it "the local theatre". You can use the description of the real building and still be on solid legal ground.

 

[BrotherBenny]

^Well, that shoots his "fast as possible" caveat. Airplanes and ships in combination are teh best bet.

Yeah, but that would require some pretty detailed itinerary planning, since he'd have to figure out where there would be functioning airports at that time, what sort of craft they were likely to have, where they would go, etc.

It also strains credibility somewhat to have someone arrange that kind of transportation in wartime. In my opinion, a ship doing most of the journey is far more plausible. You need very little other than friendly ports to refuel at, and to keep a low profile.

Guess a private plane would work, but again, letting a civilian(?) use an airstrip during a time of war doesn't seem likely.

BrotherBenny, if you really want to have it go down that a plane was used, and the actual journey isn't that important, just say it took about 3 days to get from the UK to Japan. The final leg of the journey could be accomplished via ferry from China or Korea to Japan. I'm at a loss for where there would be any accessible airstrips for your initial landing, though.

The character is a civilian crime lord working for shady spies, so they have a lot at their disposal. I'll let my mind stew over it while I worldbuild on something else.

 

[RJDiogenes]

Well here's a kicker: As I mentioned up thread, I'm planning a book set locally. Well (surprise to a lot of folks) one of the locales (and old theater that has been closed since the 70s and assumed to be property of the city) is owned (bought in the last decade) by a local man whose taken a interest in "protecting" his property.

The rumor mill has it that he's Googles the property and is sending out e-mails telling people to pull down images or articles written about the place or he'll sue for breach of privacy &/ unlicensed used. I don't think he can really do that (I'm probably wrong), but it does put a interesting headache into the mix. Only reason I heard about is one of the people I do work for knew I had taken event photos outside the place last year, and they want them off their site before he threatened them.

So I'm left with the original options: Write the thing and see what happens, change the "names to protect the innocent" as I go, or just write and hand it over to an attorney and let the vet it.

He's nuts. Ignore him.

 

[LitmusDragon]

Crossed 43,000 words yesterday in my sci-fi americana novel tentatively titled The Traveler. I expect it will only run about 60,000 - 70,000 words. I'm really doing it.

 

[Robert Maxwell]

Very nice! I've been a total slacker for the past month or so.

 

[Nomad V]

My thesis sure feels like a book "Technology Development and Transfer for Remotely Operated Underwater Munitions Recovery". It is only about 150 pages long. It will probalby be buried on some dusty university library shelf. I'm just focused on finishing it and getting the MS sheep skin .

 

[Nomad V]

Just typed up chapter 19 which was 2,122 words (one of the longest chapters thus far I might add) which brings the total past the 1/3 mark: 33,506 words.

Here's hoping I can keep the momentum going and get the next few chapters done before the xmas/new year period. I want to write 16,500 words in the next 3 weeks.

An update.

I have hit a research snag on the novel. I need to know how long it would take, during the second world war, to travel to Japan from the UK, provided one had the means to do so as fast as possible. Until I can figure that out, I won't be able to continue since that is an entire chapter and what happens sets up a lot of stuff in future chapters.

Any help would be appreciated.

Since i'm stuck on that one, I'm going to worldbuild the main planet for my space opera trilogy.

Bombers used as transports in WWII could hold about 300 mph. Ranges could approach 1500 miles with drop tanks. Refuieling and changes could probably be done in 2 hours. If it was an allied mission it could fly through Russia, but an Axis flight would have to go through North Africa into the mid-east, with some dicy situations over northern India and China. So figuring the route would be a difficult task. I hope that helps.

 

[LitmusDragon]

Very nice! I've been a total slacker for the past month or so.

You can do eet!

I took a couple of months off in October - November, mainly due to not knowing exactly how to finish out a certain scene.

I crossed 50,000 words today, and I have the ending already planned out in my head. Hooray!

 

[Robert Maxwell]

Very nice! I've been a total slacker for the past month or so.

You can do eet!

I took a couple of months off in October - November, mainly due to not knowing exactly how to finish out a certain scene.

I crossed 50,000 words today, and I have the ending already planned out in my head. Hooray!

Yeah, I've been critiquing other people's stuff on my writing site, trying to get back into the swing of things. I'm also giving some thought to reworking the arc of this story, so it interests me again. Here's hoping I get back to it soon!

Congratulations on hitting 50K words! That's a good milestone, there. How long do you think it'll end up?

 

[LitmusDragon]

Congratulations on hitting 50K words! That's a good milestone, there. How long do you think it'll end up?

At this point I'm predicting about 70,000 words.

 

[Emher]

I dunno. I've blocked out half of it and the bit I can remember I try not to think off. Who knows, maybe I'll change my mind in the future.

Well seems that the future is now. After two people now pushing me to write something about my experiences in life, one being my mom, the other being naprapath (who's also basically my therapist), I started it a bit back and haven't really gotten that far. Mostly because I've not been feeling up to do much of anything earlier and also because I sorta got stumped at a bit. Having a bit to think about it I think I've decide what the focus of it is going to be.

My hope is to make something good enough to publish, and also to get some things out. Did something similar regarding my relationship with my ex in a short film script this past fall and it really helped with some stuff there. I also want to have a message with my book. To tell people that no one knows how far reaching and deep the consequences of bullying are. And that it's something that needs to be talked about.

 

[LitmusDragon]

To tell people that no one knows how far reaching and deep the consequences of bullying are. And that it's something that needs to be talked about.

That's great EMHer, and a cause I can personally identify with.

I had issues with bullying as well, and twenty years on, I still sometimes look back and wonder how things might have turned out differently if I'd stood up for myself back then.