Here’s what I love about T’Internet: it’s always there.
No matter how many manuscripts you promise to read, how many hours you spend away from the desk, no matter the amount of work and IRL’ing required – the internet is still on and waiting for you. To celebrate the almost-end of April, the settling of much Icelandic volcano ash, and the fact that yesterday was the first warm Friday in weeks I’m delighted to present first loves of an entirely refreshed nature.
Wordwise I finished two manuscripts for review and loved exactly half of them. There’s deep reassurance in the fact that anyone can write, and that publishers here have an open mind when considering what to read. Also, as a Red Pen Brigade aside, I spent half my reading time doling out revisions to comma-heavy sentences … and loved it.
There may be some value in organising a workshop on punctuation for grown-ups, since so many of us (on occasion, your humble narratrix included) seem to have picked up the basics and never bothered to go further. Hmm, who do I talk to about an adults-only grammar lesson?
As for favourite tweets, I’ve been off-line recently and am only now catching up with the new ideas and finds floating in the tweetspace. From the team at lecooldub came a link to the Pen Pal Project kicking off at Kilkenny’s Little Ghost Gallery. The idea is an optimistic one, linking two artists only by post to create work for an upcoming event. I like the derring-do nature of random combinations, and if I had a set of wheels I’d be heading up on Friday 4 June to see the results. In a more business-socks context, the ever-capable deltacopywriter shared a link to a well written piece on press releases that managed to lift my eyebrow on formatting and inclusion of social media.
Out in the real world, Reilly Towers is a hub of activity as The Student prepares for exams next week, I dust off the bike, and Spring arrives with watery, chill light and the grim determination of an entire country determined to barbecue no matter how cold it actually is outside. I may still be wearing turtlenecks and tall boots, but dammit if I haven’t switched to my spring jacket and a lighter-coloured scarf.
To close out this edition I’ll share a comic that a friend tweeted yesterday. I’m laughing, but wondering if this is a subtle warning to leave the proofing pen at work…
Ha ha, you guys.
Loved this! Literally.