Saturday morning on the front porch with the cardinals, wrens, and hummingbirds, reading AK 10 Things, can’t think of a better way to start the long weekend. Love the words! And each link a rabbit hole—I come up for air and I’m surprised my coffee is gone, the sun has moved, and I am energized to go out and greet the day. Thank you, Austin.
Will really try and get to the Gorey exhibit-a long long time ago my father found a small Gorey book ( smaller than an index card) at a second-hand bookstore in NYC. He gave it to me for a birthday gift-then got a call from the bookstore saying that the 2.50 hand-written on the cover wasn’t in fact meant to be the $2.50 he paid for it but really $250. Would he please return it or pay the difference? We had a good laugh and graciously returned the book. My collection now runs to the anthologies and various picture books, not expensive editions….maybe that book is in their collection!
I adored your house as a library post. My bane and my boon exactly. I am trying "The Bookish Glow" by Alexandra Keleby, a new Substack group dedicated to reading from our "unread shelves." and I'm excited.
Some additional thoughts about editing from two giants.
Robert A. Heinlein: "“You have to give an editor something to change, or he gets fretful. After he pees in it, he likes the flavor better, so he buys it.”
Mark Twain: "Substitute ‘damn’ every time you’re inclined to write ‘very;’ your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be."
SO true about trad publishing and the value of a Substack newsletter! It probably shouldn't take 12-18 months to publication in the 21st century, but somehow it still does. Being able to publish my stuff to my people in real time really got me through a very long dry spell. I'm pretty sure it literally saved me from giving up. Thanks, as always, for your reliably interesting missives.
Edward Gorey! My husband (a retired librarian—or as he likes to refer to himself, a recovering librarian) collects Edward Gorey stuff. My last Christmas gift to him was a Gorey puzzle. My husband and your son would get along well, methinks.
Joshua Charow posts his interviews of the artists and videos of their lofts on YouTube .
Saturday morning on the front porch with the cardinals, wrens, and hummingbirds, reading AK 10 Things, can’t think of a better way to start the long weekend. Love the words! And each link a rabbit hole—I come up for air and I’m surprised my coffee is gone, the sun has moved, and I am energized to go out and greet the day. Thank you, Austin.
My house is also a library!
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The Kevin Kelly essay is brilliant and so helpful - thank you for sharing.
Will really try and get to the Gorey exhibit-a long long time ago my father found a small Gorey book ( smaller than an index card) at a second-hand bookstore in NYC. He gave it to me for a birthday gift-then got a call from the bookstore saying that the 2.50 hand-written on the cover wasn’t in fact meant to be the $2.50 he paid for it but really $250. Would he please return it or pay the difference? We had a good laugh and graciously returned the book. My collection now runs to the anthologies and various picture books, not expensive editions….maybe that book is in their collection!
I adored your house as a library post. My bane and my boon exactly. I am trying "The Bookish Glow" by Alexandra Keleby, a new Substack group dedicated to reading from our "unread shelves." and I'm excited.
Some additional thoughts about editing from two giants.
Robert A. Heinlein: "“You have to give an editor something to change, or he gets fretful. After he pees in it, he likes the flavor better, so he buys it.”
Mark Twain: "Substitute ‘damn’ every time you’re inclined to write ‘very;’ your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be."
Many thanks on the heads up about Edward Gorey!! I saw your note the other day and promptly planned a day trip to College Station!
While reading your writing I feel like l’m in conversation with you. Keep it up!
I’m surprised you don’t have 3 million followers!
I’m surprised I have any 😂
SO true about trad publishing and the value of a Substack newsletter! It probably shouldn't take 12-18 months to publication in the 21st century, but somehow it still does. Being able to publish my stuff to my people in real time really got me through a very long dry spell. I'm pretty sure it literally saved me from giving up. Thanks, as always, for your reliably interesting missives.
Edward Gorey! My husband (a retired librarian—or as he likes to refer to himself, a recovering librarian) collects Edward Gorey stuff. My last Christmas gift to him was a Gorey puzzle. My husband and your son would get along well, methinks.