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So tonight, seasonally adjusted to allow for bibliography, I hit the two thirds mark, 80,000 words (which is two to three weeks behind schedule).
80000 / 120000 words. 67% done!
However, and it is a big however, the chapters are coming in l-o-n-g. I've almost finished the feminism chapter - I still need to cover Khatru, and I'd hoped to cover Dworkin and pornography as a way into Angela Carter, although she seems now destined for the pomo chapter - but that's 9000 words long, or 3000 words longer than it ought to be. Either I need to wield a blue pencil rather savagely, or I need to decant most of CJ Cherryh to another chapter (there is a logical place, but I've written about her in terms of gender and it belongs here). Strip out plot summary - but how do you talk without the plot? Perhaps I need to accept it's going to be long.
And I'm still discovering stuff that is meant to be important which I hadn't heard of - a few more women, some Mack Reynolds... the North African novels. Bum. I already have more than I can hope to read, and yet... Those two Wells sequels need to be tracked down. And I've got to start making a dent on the tv.
However, and it is a big however, the chapters are coming in l-o-n-g. I've almost finished the feminism chapter - I still need to cover Khatru, and I'd hoped to cover Dworkin and pornography as a way into Angela Carter, although she seems now destined for the pomo chapter - but that's 9000 words long, or 3000 words longer than it ought to be. Either I need to wield a blue pencil rather savagely, or I need to decant most of CJ Cherryh to another chapter (there is a logical place, but I've written about her in terms of gender and it belongs here). Strip out plot summary - but how do you talk without the plot? Perhaps I need to accept it's going to be long.
And I'm still discovering stuff that is meant to be important which I hadn't heard of - a few more women, some Mack Reynolds... the North African novels. Bum. I already have more than I can hope to read, and yet... Those two Wells sequels need to be tracked down. And I've got to start making a dent on the tv.
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