Children of the Resolution.

June 13, 2008

The end is in sight. I have just hit 101,000 words and I’m incredibly happy with it. Chapter Sixteen will soon be completed and then there will only remain Chapter Seventeen and an epilogue. Two or three weeks work, now I have the voice recognition software (which is proving invaluable!)

More later.

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9 Responses to “Children of the Resolution.”

  1. dfrucci Says:
    June 13, 2008 at 2:34 pm

    Congratulations man, keep up the good work on it!

  2. Gary Murning Says:
    June 13, 2008 at 4:07 pm

    Thanks, Damian! I certainly shall (too close to the end not to, now ;) )

  3. Lottie Says:
    June 14, 2008 at 3:12 am

    I’m very excited for you, Gary! Way to go! :D

    When should I be expecting my autographed copy? ;)

  4. kallioppe Says:
    June 14, 2008 at 6:43 am

    Congratulations. That’s wonderful! Keep plowing on. I’m interested in trying out voice recognition now.

  5. Gary Murning Says:
    June 14, 2008 at 9:05 am

    Thanks, Lottie! I’m looking forward to getting it finished and getting it out there, now. Can’t wait to see what the reaction will be. Positive, hopefully. Fingers crossed. Touch wood. Etc.

    If it’s accepted for publication, expect it in about a year’s time! ;)

    kallioppe: I’d seriously recommend the voice recognition software. But you’ve probably guessed that already, right? ;) Once you get over the initial self-consciousness — it can feel a bit weird, talking to computer, when you first start doing it — it really is a good experience.

  6. Anonymous Says:
    June 15, 2008 at 11:45 am

    Go for it my friend!

  7. Gary Murning Says:
    June 15, 2008 at 4:13 pm

    Well I’m not sure who you are, anonymous, but thank you. I certainly shall.

  8. David Llewellyn Says:
    June 16, 2008 at 9:32 am

    Well done! And the voice recognition software sounds fascinating… although I’d probably have problems with it, having to edit out all my “ums” and “ers” and “oh, you know what I means”!

  9. Gary Murning Says:
    June 16, 2008 at 10:04 am

    It filters them out, David, mate — well, apart from the last one, maybe! The old versions used to look at individual words and tried to match them up with what it was “hearing”, but the new algorithms seem to focus on whole sentences. It doesn’t actually understand context, but it does a bloody good impression of it and, so, the “ums” and “ers” are generally overlooked. It also completely overlooks coughs and burps, which earlier products didn’t. :)

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