I agreed to
do a couple of extra days of copyediting for Publishers Weekly, today and
tomorrow. This means I sat in front of my computer for most of four and a half
hours, reading 15 reviews of forthcoming books and a feature about small
publishers who did really well during the past three years.
I learned
that Natalie Goldberg has a new book out this summer on what she doesn’t want
to call “writer’s block.” She titles it “Writing on Empty.” Also a book about
how life came to be on Earth, including the suggestion that kelp forests (in
the ocean?) could work to capture carbon from the atmosphere. Interesting. The
feature was mostly biz info—how much sales had increased, what books were
leading those sales, etc.—so I like being able to help the writing be less
repetitive, but I’m not that interested in what the story is about. Though it
is encouraging that these small presses are still doing well after the first
two years of the pandemic sent book sales way up.
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I’m
participating in the 17th annual Slice of Life Challenge over at Two
Writing Teachers. This is day 13 of the 31-day
challenge. It’s not too late to make space for daily writing in a
community that is encouraging, enthusiastic, and eager to read what you have to
slice about. Join in!
I'm interested in that kelp forests idea!
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