Weekend Update

Sorry about not posting Friday - I just had nothing to say. This weekend got off to a good start - I attended the College of DuPage student production of Dracula. It was pretty good, although a bit uneven. For example, the best English accents were by a pair of minor characters. That may be a bit unfair, since the actors played a maid and a hospital attendant, both with Cockney accents.

In other news, I did some writing and world-building. jeff_duntemann gave me his very helpful "Planet Planner" Excel spreadsheet and some local star data. Good stuff, and much welcome. I had discussed previously setting the action on Tau Ceti.

Now I am leaning towards moving it out to 82 Eridani, although I think I'll have a human settlement at both Tau Ceti and Epsilon Eridani. Jeff's planet finder suggests that worlds in the habitable zone of those two planets would be tidally locked. I can get around it in one case (think, "Forest Moon of Planet X") and in the other case I have a world in mind.

So, speaking of writing (or writing of writing):

Word Count for As-Yet Untitled Space Opera
Complete (8,565) Goal (80,000)
10% complete
Word Count This Session = 1,850