Hello everyone,
I’ve still been quite busy travelling, writing, etc. and so this blog has gotten a bit dusty. But I’m pleased to see people still reading, still enjoying my posts – even old ones! Wow. This has been such a learning journey for me, and I’m excited for it to continue.
Since I don’t really have the brain space right now to contemplate the how of writing, being busy doing my own writing, I’m going to be making some shorter, more practical posts this month, until I’m done with some projects. So you may see less of my musing, wandering thoughtful posts, and more little bites of info, resources, etc. I hope that’s alright!
Native American Heritage Month
I decided it would be good to find out more recent new of the writing world. What’s been happening? Any new up-and-coming authors? Poets? Who passed away? Any big things that effected the publishing industry? New and exciting trends as of late? Let’s find out!
This month is Native American Heritage Month! Wow! That is pretty exciting! It makes me want to pickup some new or olden works written by Native Americans. I know that Braiding Sweetgrass is super famous, that is the first thing that pops into my mind. It’s a story, but also a sortof herbal recipe book, with one daughter’s sharing recipes from her family on herbal tonics, etc. If you are at all into cooking or healing, I highly recommend it!
What are some works by Native American authors that pop into your head? If you have Native American heritage, do you want to share about it here? Please do! Anything related, please share in comments; all you have to do is “leave a comment” at the top of this post, underneath the post title.
Booker Prize Winner
In case you haven’t heard of it already, the Booker Prize is the UK and Ireland prize for best fiction novel, awarded anually. This year’s winner is Shehan Karunatilaka, for The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, his second book, only! That is pretty amazing, wouldn’t you say? Second book, huge award! I know I, for one, am now curious about his works. I also love that the author dares to explore the topics of death and the afterlife, because let’s face it, most of us are afraid of death. According to the Association of Writers and Writing, his award-winning second novel is:
…a novel about a gay war photographer who wakes up dead during the Sri Lankan civil war and embarks on a mission in the afterlife.
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In Conclusion
That’s all I’m going to write about today here, but I hope you’ll drop a comment if you found anything I shared interesting. Personally, I’m going a library ASAP to try to find Karunatilaka’s award-winning book! Huzzah!
Also, just dropping a reminder here, it’s now NOVEMBER, which means it’s National Novel Writing Month! Will you try to write 50,000 words in November? Bang out a novel draft quick, so that you can get into revising, the real meat of the thing! Or are you going to have a quiet pre-winter, or winter, wherever you are? Or wait for Camp NaNoWriMo in April?
It’s Nov. 1 and I’m unprepared so, not sure if I will participate this year, as I have in previous years. If you are participating, good luck!
Until next time,
Chaitanya
Typing Madly 