Between Woolf, essays, and the Classics Circuit, I'm having trouble grabbing a few minutes to write a meta post about Evening All Afternoon news! But here are a few exciting things:
- The other day Marieke at The Lady Fern suggested that I might like to add a way to browse Evening All Afternoon by author. Marieke, your wish is my command! I am very particular about keeping my layout uncluttered, but David and I rigged up a cool system using Categories, and I'm unreasonably excited about it. There's now a link down there to the right (under "About Emily") that links to a page where you can browse alphabetically by author. Even better, it updates automatically whenever I add a new review! No fuss, no muss. I really like it.
Although, I have to admit that it makes me feel a little naked because my short, ill-considered reviews from 2006 (from my old, non-book-specific blog) are listed right alongside the new ones of which I feel prouder. But that's okay. I can deal. - Have you guys seen the gorgeous buttons for Jason and Lu's Clover, Bee, and Reverie Poetry Challenge? Hot dog, are they ever lovely.
And not that I would join a challenge just because of the pretty buttons, or because I love the people who started it, but I'm totally in. I'm going to commit to the "Limerick" level: five books of poetry, two of which must share some significant characteristic. I'm making my slow way through Petrarch at the moment, and am due for a re-read of H.D.'s Helen in Egypt. I don't know what else I'll read, but I'm sure it will be delightful. Thanks, Jason and Lu! - I mentioned it in my post on Cane, but I think the new Diversify Your Reading blog is an awesome idea: a gathering of posts on books from around the world, with a focus on groups traditionally under-represented in the Western publishing world. What a fantastic resource, and what a positive DIY step toward helping ourselves read a wider diversity of authors. I've added a number of posts from my backlog, so maybe I'll see you over there.
- And last but not least: I'm published! No, not a novel or even a short story...only a humble knitting pattern, I'm afraid. But still: there's my name, in a real, printed book with an ISBN number and everything! The pattern is a tribute to George Lucas's wisecracking archaeologist action hero:
I've had things published in online periodicals before (and if you want to know the truth online publishing means I get more useful publicity), but there's something special about a print book, isn't there? I know you guys understand. The book in question is edited by Charlene Schurch and Beth Parrott, and entitled Sock Club: Join the Knitting Adventure. Available wherever knitting books are sold.
Congratulations on your pattern publication.
Yeah.
I like to keep my blog clean also.
I cleaned it up about a week ago.
But, I still need to add a picture to my header.
Congrats!! I'm an aspiring sock knitter (my husband has one complete sock still waiting for a mate) so I'll have to keep an eye out for your book.
I'm honored to be mentioned above. And I thought I was being nosy!
Congrats on being published! If I knitted, I'd go grab it!
And I too love the poetry button and the Diverse Reading resource. Thanks for sharing the info about the author browsing thing too. I may go look at your archives...
Helen in Egypt is fantastic! I'm due for a reread on that one. Congrats on the publication! Love the sock design, very nice. I like knitting especially socks, unfortunately library school has kept me too busy to work on anything for a long time. Sigh. I'll keep my eyes peeled for the book though!
Congrats! Did I not know that you were a knitter? Me too--far from the ability to design something, though. That's very cool!
What a beautiful pair of socks. Congratulations on getting published! Quite a jolt, suddenly to see a picture of socks, because I've just read "The Brown Stocking," the last chapter of Erich Auerbach's Mimesis. He does a wonderful analysis of the scene in To The Lighthouse where Mrs. Ramsay measures James's leg for the sock she's knitting.
Thanks, everyone!
Isabel: Yes, it's so easy to get cluttered. Having a clean layout just makes me want to write more, so I safeguard it jealously. :-)
Marieke: It might take a while for Beth & Charlene's book to get all the way to Oban, but that would be thrilling if it happened. :-) And not nosy at all - thanks for the push. I think it's a great addition.
Rebecca: Thanks, lady! There are some Really Old Classics in the archive, if you get around to it. :-)
Stefanie: HD is one of my favorite, favorite poets! I read Helen in Egypt pre-blogging, but I remember the whole time I was loving it so much that I wanted to reread it immediately. I think now is the right time! And yeah, I started knitting when I graduated from school. It's hard to find time for multiple hobbies when you have homework too!
Amy: Separation of the spheres, I guess! I don't talk about knitting much at Evening All Afternoon, but I sell my patterns online over here. Happy knitting to you! :-)
Julia: Whoa, college flashback: I am FAMILIAR with that Auerbach, indeed I am! And the Woolf chapter in particular. Who would have thought that one day I would be reminded of it when publishing a sock pattern? It's even kind of brown.
Congrats on your sock pattern being published! If I were a knitter, I'd want to try to tackle that....love the pattern.
What a good idea to organize by authors. My books page is organized by title and that can be tricky (why do so many books have to start with "The"?).
Valerie: Thanks! And yes, titles struck me as being too messy. It really appeals to me, also, to have reviews of different books by the same author collected in one place. (Dork!)
Emily, congratulations on your knitting pattern publication! Looks cool! However, seeing your comment about feeling "a little naked" (because of the new browsing feature) in the same post as the socks thing makes me wonder if you're going to come up with a Red Hot Chili Peppers sock pattern as a follow-up to the Indiana Jones one. What do you think about that idea? :D
Richard: Whoa shit, you made both David & I laugh so hard! And then spurred a discussion of whether the Neo-Nazi scene in Doom Generation was inspired by the Chili Peppers. The jury is still out on that one. In any case, that would be an ingenious solution to the age-old knitting problem of getting bored of a pattern after the first sock is done & not wanting to knit a second one. ;-)
Thank you so much for the mention of the poetry challenge, I can't wait to see your reviews :). I've never learned to knit, though I like to make rag dolls - not that I know what I'm doing with it... :D
Emily, seriously, that is a lovely pair of socks! With a lovely name. Congrats on being published. :)
Woo-hoo! How very cool that your name and your socks appear in print!
I'm all about keeping my blog clutter-free too. One of my pet peeves is over-cluttered sidebars, which happens quite a lot on Blogger. I actually angsted over whether or not to add the LibraryThing widget. And then there were my adventures in background-hopping.
That's great that you've added the "Browse Author" option. I love it when blog have some sort of category list. It makes for easier browsing.
How fun to reread Helen in Egypt! I read that one in grad school and liked it a lot, and the same for Trilogy. I had a much harder time with HERmione, although I might feel differently now. I'm looking forward to reading your post(s) on H.D.!
I forgot to congratulate you on getting published! Congratulations.
P.S. - Thanks for telling me about Diversify Your Reading. I just went a little nuts posting links over there. They're probably sick of me.
Jason: But of course! Thanks for hosting the challenge. I look forward to reading more poetry in 2010. :-)
Claire: Thanks, lady! It's kind of a thrill. :-)
softdrink: Thanks for sharing my excitement!
EL Fay: Thanks, and you're welcome. :-) Yes, cluttered sidebars = yuck, I agree. I will have to go peruse your additions to Diversify Your Reading!
Dorothy: I LOVED Helen in Egypt, but had a slightly hard time with the religiosity of Trilogy. I should give it another try, though. H.D. is one of my fave poets, so I'm looking forward to revisiting her work.
I have a number of ill-conceived reviews myself from last year (e.g., I still can't believe I reviewed Twilight, haha!) so don't you worry Emily :)
Congratulations on getting published! Yes, there certainly is something great about getting published in print. How I hope that someday I'd have something to submit and be published as well.
Way to go knitting woman! Those are some awesome socks.
Also signing up for the poetry challenge. Provided I don't forget again. Turning into one of those "google is making me stupid" people so talked about at The Atlantic last summer.
Always lovely and clean over here. You must have an orderly mind. As I do not, I have a bit of a clutter problem.
I love that you published the pattern for the most gorgeous socks ever! Congratulations on that great feat! ;)
And, I know what you mean about almost regretting what you wrote in the blog beginnings (2006 for me as well). I'm a bit embarrassed to leave anything up, when my blog was not a book specific blog, but rather random musing about being the mother of a Sophomore in high school along with what I'd been reading. Sigh...Still, I like the addition of your author list, and it's very subtle entrance into your clean look. I, too, cherish the unfettered.
Yes, there is something about a print book--Congratulations! And I love the pattern.