In case anyone wonders why some of us get annoyed at "Season's Greetings"

This turned up on an email list I'm on today:

Rockin' Ramadan!
 
Peaceful Passover!
 
Successful Solstice!
 
Merry Christmas!
 
Bang-up Boxing Day!
 
Carefree Kwanzaa!
 
Yoyful Yule!
 
Happy New Year/Hogmanay!
 
Marvelous Martin Luther King Day!
 
Excellent Emperor Norton Day!
 
Salubrious Sadie Hawkin's Day!

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Also, it would be nice to have more space in the "mood" field. What I wanted to put was "irritated and not at all ecumenical".)

In case anyone wonders why some of us get annoyed at "Season's Greetings"

This turned up on an email list I'm on today:

Rockin' Ramadan!
 
Peaceful Passover!
 
Successful Solstice!
 
Merry Christmas!
 
Bang-up Boxing Day!
 
Carefree Kwanzaa!
 
Yoyful Yule!
 
Happy New Year/Hogmanay!
 
Marvelous Martin Luther King Day!
 
Excellent Emperor Norton Day!
 
Salubrious Sadie Hawkin's Day!

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Also, it would be nice to have more space in the "mood" field. What I wanted to put was "irritated and not at all ecumenical".)

Feeling underqualified

The problem with reading tight, well-edited prose with a good story to tell is that it reminds me of how far I have to go. And then I remind myself that, well, yes, but what I have is an incomplete first-draft.

I'm also a bit boggled by the size of the nonfiction project. Seven to ten pages to cover "early history", including prehistory, the invention of irrigation, early Egypt, and several other things. Yes, it's a review, but this isn't so much skimming the surface as flying over it like the kingfisher, touching down at random and hoping to hit a fish.

If I can write a metaphor like that, I can do this!

Feeling underqualified

The problem with reading tight, well-edited prose with a good story to tell is that it reminds me of how far I have to go. And then I remind myself that, well, yes, but what I have is an incomplete first-draft.

I'm also a bit boggled by the size of the nonfiction project. Seven to ten pages to cover "early history", including prehistory, the invention of irrigation, early Egypt, and several other things. Yes, it's a review, but this isn't so much skimming the surface as flying over it like the kingfisher, touching down at random and hoping to hit a fish.

If I can write a metaphor like that, I can do this!

a charming xmas card

This is from Marcus Rowland and/or an alternate past

a charming xmas card

This is from Marcus Rowland and/or an alternate past