Last week, I got an e-mail from a reputable publisher telling me about a crossword-related book the company plans to publish—and asking if I might be interested in being the author. Would I? Yes, indeed, I would. We haven't ironed out the practical details yet, but I've already started writing and I'm having a blast. (How much do I love telling Mr. Tangerine, "I'm working on My Book"? He digs it, too.) If the whole deal should go south, hey, I've got some content and I can always find another outlet for it (worst-case scenario: for free on a blog). And if it goes forward as planned, hey, I could see my name in bookstores!
I'm feeling terribly clever to have signed Ben up for Monday-to-Friday day camp—I don't know how I'd get anything done otherwise. I might be blogging a little less this summer, but I hope to not forsake Orange Tangerine. Poke me if I neglect to post, will you?
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Stellar! Congratulations. Well deserved. I promise to buy your book when it comes out, and to poke you (but only if you deserve it).
Yeehaw! Congrats!
Are these actual crossword puzzles, or something else?
Congratulations!!
JT, you know I'll be on the lookout for useful connections so we can get a Flea book!
Thanks, E. and baggage!
Thanks, Mona! I'd be writing something about crosswords rather than actually making crosswords. That work is best left to the experts.
(And that's probably more exclamation points than would appear in the entire book...)
Congratulations! I will gleefully poke you if I should ever think you are neglecting your blog -- it would bring me great joy to return the favors you've paid me many, many times.
i cannot wait to read anything you have to say about crosswords.
How wonderful for you.
But the typesetting may be difficult -- one paragraph across, another two down, then across again....
Excellent use of the wood eye joke.
Congrats on the soon-to-be-book
You know better than to ask me to poke you...that's like waving a red flag in front of a bull. Whoo!
You are a fantastic writer and a crossword champion, so this is the logical next step. I only ask that you remember the little people that used to plug up the toilets at your local IHOP...and that I can get a signed copy, of course. In Orange ink.
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