This year has been a whirlwind where I've flown somewhere every single month, edited a bunch of books, ran a half-marathon, spoke at five writing conferences, attended three weddings, and started planning my own. It's been a lot of fun, but my dear and beloved blog has definitely been a casualty of this busyness, as I've barely been able to keep up with one post a month, much less the one a week I aim for. And that "dear and beloved" isn't sarcasm; I subscribe to E. M. Forster's doctrine that "I know what I think when I see what I say," and I've missed my opportunity to think out loud here.
But I am going to be home in New York for all of August! So I'm trying something slightly crazy for me: posting every single day of the month. I want to catch up on writing about some great new books that came out this year, explain the specification experiment from June, talk about repetitions, do some Quote Files, recipes, and poetry, fulminate, ruminate, extrapolate. If you have any questions you'd like to see me answer about writing or publishing (or heck, anything else), please leave them in the comments or send them along via e-mail to chavela_que at yahoo dot com. . . . I can't promise I'll respond to everything, but I appreciate the prompts.
Here is the best thing I saw today, just outside my building on my way to work:
A young man rides his bike on the sidewalk toward me and an older lady.
Older Lady: You should NOT ride your BIKE on the SIDEWALK! You're supposed to be on the STREET! Our traffic laws give you your own lanes -- on the STREET!
Young Man, as he rides by: Okay, Officer!
Older Lady: I'm not an officer, I'm a concerned citizen! SCOFFLAW!
In honor of this awesome lady with the admirable vocabulary, I challenge you to use "scofflaw" in a sentence.
But I am going to be home in New York for all of August! So I'm trying something slightly crazy for me: posting every single day of the month. I want to catch up on writing about some great new books that came out this year, explain the specification experiment from June, talk about repetitions, do some Quote Files, recipes, and poetry, fulminate, ruminate, extrapolate. If you have any questions you'd like to see me answer about writing or publishing (or heck, anything else), please leave them in the comments or send them along via e-mail to chavela_que at yahoo dot com. . . . I can't promise I'll respond to everything, but I appreciate the prompts.
Here is the best thing I saw today, just outside my building on my way to work:
A young man rides his bike on the sidewalk toward me and an older lady.
Older Lady: You should NOT ride your BIKE on the SIDEWALK! You're supposed to be on the STREET! Our traffic laws give you your own lanes -- on the STREET!
Young Man, as he rides by: Okay, Officer!
Older Lady: I'm not an officer, I'm a concerned citizen! SCOFFLAW!
In honor of this awesome lady with the admirable vocabulary, I challenge you to use "scofflaw" in a sentence.