Writers Spark the Best Conversations
We writers can sometimes be such a quirky bunch. We get impassioned over things other people seldom notice, we give details others overlook, it’s just what we do and it tends to make us…
well…
Artistic. I like that description. It’s such a polite way to describe us quirky types with a bend towards cerebral pursuits like writing, painting, and all those other…artistic…pursuits.
It’s one of the reasons I love other writers. I don’t feel quite so…quirky…around other writers.
Who else but other writers would understand the tickled feel of seeing a punctuation book hit the New York Times Best Seller List?
And who else but writers would turn it into such a conversation?
What in the world am I rambling on about you say?
Why one of my favorite fellow writers, George Angus and the book Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss, of course. George writes the blog TumbleMoose. It’s one of my favorites just because I like George’s attitude and outlook on writing and life as a writer.
George posted the other day about Eats, Shoots & Leaves. A book that’s been around for awhile now, but I only bought a copy of two or three months ago. It would seem George has the same fashionably late to the party habit I do, as he just recently read it too. He posted about it and the conversation has definitely been interesting.
I love the Grammar Nazis and the idea of a reality TV show “My Grammar is Better Than Your Grammar,” although I think a more apt title for the show would be “Are You Smarter Than Your Child’s 3rd Grade English Teacher?”
Go check out the conversation…
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Twitter: GeorgeAngus
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Hey Sandi,
Thanks for the mention! Unfortunately (and I’m sure it’s a guy thing) it never occurred to me that a book about punctuation would be out of the mainstream. Hehe. Me = Duh.
So cool that you got a kick out of that too!
Discovered I was not subscribed here, so off I go to do that.
Cheers
George
Twitter: sandijohnson1
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Hiya George! Glad to have ya.
Funny, I have to remind myself that I’m a writer – most normal people wouldn’t have the slightest interest in a book about punctuation, grammar, or AP guidelines. Not without a beehive sportin’ matron in horn-rims & beaded eyeglass chains hovering over them, waiting to crack her ruler over the edge of their desk.
Thanks for the sub…feel free to drop by anytime and chime in!