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The Light a the End of the Tunnel...
Oct. 13th, 2006 11:38 amI've been MIA from LJ for... uh, awhile now, and will have to continue to be so for a little while longer. At least until The Publishing Project* is finally done, which will be by Halloween, I've sworn, by hook or by crook. In the meantime, I'm horribly behind on everything, and I've missed a number of birthdays. (So many in October!) I won't put these in scrolling format, because they're all hella late, and I feel shame. But I hope you all had the bestest of days!
Belated Very Happy Birthdays to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
superplin, kcarolj65, itsabigrock, and avrelia!!
I'm re-reading Sweets: A History of Candy, a lovely book that happens to simultaneously cater to all my preferences for good nonfiction: history by way of tracing the development of a particular object, trade, or trend; the link between food and culture; and friendly, accesible, passionatewriting that makes you really appreciate why the writer is so into the topic. The author, Tim Richardson, loooves candy, and his writing transmits his own tastes and experiences directly to the reader. This book made me want to eat licquorice, which I normally don'tcare for, and crave marshmallows and rock candy,taffy and baklava. Even Turkish Delight, which is one of those sweets whose appeal really eludes me (rosewater-flavored jelly?). Nice trick.
I think I was drawn back to this book because this is something I'm trying to do right now in my own writing, on The Project - to sum up an experience, a you-are-there. I've been getting into that groove, of wanting to communicate with a reader and show them how something feels, sight and sound and story and emotion. I so, so love that style when it really works. And I'm finally feeling like I'm getting there, after months of not-so-much. (This is also making me downright thirsty to get to work on my![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
seasonal_spuffy story, which is due in early November, and to finish up my other running stories, which are so close. Soon. When The Project is finished. Very soon.)
*The Publishing Project is a book of reviews on major works of Japanese animation. I'm a co-author.
Belated Very Happy Birthdays to
superplin, kcarolj65, itsabigrock, and avrelia!!I'm re-reading Sweets: A History of Candy, a lovely book that happens to simultaneously cater to all my preferences for good nonfiction: history by way of tracing the development of a particular object, trade, or trend; the link between food and culture; and friendly, accesible, passionatewriting that makes you really appreciate why the writer is so into the topic. The author, Tim Richardson, loooves candy, and his writing transmits his own tastes and experiences directly to the reader. This book made me want to eat licquorice, which I normally don'tcare for, and crave marshmallows and rock candy,taffy and baklava. Even Turkish Delight, which is one of those sweets whose appeal really eludes me (rosewater-flavored jelly?). Nice trick.
I think I was drawn back to this book because this is something I'm trying to do right now in my own writing, on The Project - to sum up an experience, a you-are-there. I've been getting into that groove, of wanting to communicate with a reader and show them how something feels, sight and sound and story and emotion. I so, so love that style when it really works. And I'm finally feeling like I'm getting there, after months of not-so-much. (This is also making me downright thirsty to get to work on my
seasonal_spuffy story, which is due in early November, and to finish up my other running stories, which are so close. Soon. When The Project is finished. Very soon.)*The Publishing Project is a book of reviews on major works of Japanese animation. I'm a co-author.