Zeppelins ahoy!
17 February 2004, 11:43 PM
Finished the zeppelin story and mailed it. Whew.
(I've been capitalizing Zeppelin all this time, under the impression that that was standard. But this morning I was looking at a book about them and noticed that it consistently used lowercase, and I checked the dictionary and found that the dictionary also said lowercase. Unless you're talking about Ferdinand Adolf August Heinrich Graf von Zeppelin himself, in which case of course you capitalize it.)
I've been meaning for months to post a whole bunch of cool zeppelin links in the hopes of inspiring others to write zeppelin stories, but it's too late now. I may still post some at some point, but don't hold your breath.
I'm tempted to make all sorts of comments here about the writing process, and where various parts of the story came from, and what I was trying to do with it, and all that, but since David and Jay may read this entry before they read the story, I'm gonna hold off for now and let the story speak for itself. But I will say it was fun to write.
Comments
Having just read this entry, I appreciate your holding back. But I'm quite curious to see what you have to say -- post away next week. We're slush partying this weekend.
Posted by: Jay Lake (mail) (web) | February 18, 2004 8:26 AM
Same here.
Posted by: David Moles (mail) (web) | February 18, 2004 4:44 PM
Enjoy your slush, guys. (My own contribution to the slush mountain should've gotten there as of today.)
Posted by: Vera Nazarian (web) | February 18, 2004 11:49 PM
Well, if you're not posting cool zeppelin links, may I?
I loved this brochure at airships.net. Had I found it earlier in the writing process, my story might have turned out very different. (Not better, maybe, but different.)
Posted by: Alex Freed | February 19, 2004 11:51 PM
Arrived safe and sound, Jed.
(And what do you know, Mr. Freed — yours was the next one in the stack.)
Posted by: David Moles (mail) (web) | February 19, 2004 11:57 PM
Got yours, too, Vera.
Posted by: David Moles (mail) (web) | February 20, 2004 12:48 AM
Wow—great Hindenburg brochure! Thanks!
And David, thanks much for letting me/us know the subs arrived safely! That's always a relief to hear.
Posted by: Jed | February 20, 2004 2:33 AM