A writer, reloaded » Moscow

May this work

Writer guy — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 16:20:58 +0000

My trip to Moscow, a la Youtube.

Watch it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTJkDCfl4S8

Next Stop: NYC

Writer guy — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 08:16:36 +0000

11:20 AM MSK – Right now a car service is en route to my digs in Moscow. With large heapings of luck I’ll be in the United States by 8:30 EST.

A full update will follow in the next few days.

Enter Sandman

Writer guy — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 20:04:03 +0000

Made it to Moscow after a long flight that Aeroflot rescheduled–another way of saying it left late without compromising their on-time statistics. Spent most of the day sleeping and relaxing. Tonight I’m working from a dialup modem, so updates will be sparse.

But all is good.

It’s 11PM ( 23:08 ) MSK Time, and I’m off to bed.

Getting started early

Writer guy — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 23:24:09 +0000

At JFK waiting for the plane so I dropped a few ducats in the duty free shop. Meet my new son, Jack. He’s 3 liters. Excuse me for a moment. My son is on a critical mission to slim down and needs my support…

6 more days. . .

Writer guy — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:31:33 +0000

. . . till Moscow

Mockba

Writer guy — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 20:51:29 +0000

Picked up my visa this morning in Philadelphia. Though I’ll return much earlier, according to the papers, I can legally remain in Russia until the 20th of January, 2008. Basically this document is glued to a page in the passport–fastened so tightly it can never be removed. It allows the bearer one entrance into Russia within the specified period. The holographic seal features the Kremlin and is rather sharp looking. Filed somewhere at the Russian embassy in New York and the Ministry of International Affairs in Moscow are copies of my visa application, as well as several passport sized photos.

Ah, paper trails.

I should explain the post title, Mockba. That’s the word Moscow in Cyrillic.

Some news

Writer guy — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 21:14:08 +0000

A few things before a proper post tomorrow.

1) Painting: Project Eclipse Navajo White continues. Painting the apartment is halfway done, with the bedroom and office finished. Saturday, the kitchen! And then onto the living room.

2) Moscow beckons. My visa came through without a hitch, I need only pick up my passport from the travel agent. Another step closer to Russia in December.

3) Edits. Before emailing the novel to Kerry for a last polish, I started a page one to page end read-through. This experience was affirmative as it was enlightening, because I now unreservedly concur with the agent who passed while extolling, “…it’s 90 percent there…” Between my efforts and Kerry’s I’m confident we can get damn close to nailing that last 10 percent. I’ll finish my end by Monday; the baton then passes to Kerry. Right now, I have 44 more pages of reviewing.

Look for a more substantial post on Thursday…

UPDATE: As of 10:49PM, Thursday, November 15th, nearly half the read through edits are implemented. Roughly 220 pages left.