For The Short Story Initiative, Mr. Linky can be found on the left sidebar under the event’s banner. So don’t hesitate to submit links to your short story posts there so everyone can go and hop over for interactive sharing.
What have you read so far for The Short Story Initiative? In my case, I have read four short stories by Washington Irving--The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle, The Specter Bridgegroom, and The Broken Heart. My collective post on these stories will be up soon. I hope to read again more stories by O. Henry soon. I miss him, his humor, and his laidback way of holding his glass of wine (as if no problems exist in the world, but then again, that is how I feel when I read his good short fiction). I will also be reading a couple of stories by Filipino writer Paz Latorena for the joint venture I have with Mel U of The Reading Life.
For those who have been following my blog, you know that I’m pursuing postgraduate studies while working full-time. I’m working on my (long!) reaction paper for finals, which is due this weekend. As if I have the luxury of extra time, I enrolled in a 10-week free program over at Coursera on Modern and Contemporary American Poetry. First day of class was last Monday, but if you’re interested, you can still catch up because it’s online and modules are conducted on a weekly basis. We are now reading poems by Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman (the latter being one of my favorite poets). Amazing, really, how I use to be easily turned off by poetry but now, I’m in a poetry class!
Did you join the Book Blogger Appreciation Week 2012? I did! And it’s my first time, too. So far, it has been fun!
Tomorrow night, my friend, Geezelle, and I are going to launch the blog site of our joint project called Cebu Book Club. I do not want to pre-empt the launch so I won’t be giving away any further details as of yet.
Lastly, Globe Telecom just announced the finalists of the Cebu Media Excellence Awards. I’m happy to be included, and the only girl at that, in the list of the five finalists for the Blogger of the Year (a special award). Thank you to the organizers, judges, readers of my blog, and supporters of my causes! Being a finalist, and the only female, for the first run of such an award is a big honor already.
For the other categories, I am pleased to see a lot of familiar names I’ve worked with when I was a local news reporter. Congratulations to all of you!
Punongbayan & Araullo (P&A), the auditing firm of the Cebu Media Excellence Awards validated the list of finalists. The awarding ceremonies of the Cebu Media Excellence Awards will be held on September 18 in Casino Español in celebration of the Cebu Press Freedom Week.
It’s an overwhelmingly amazing week! Thank you, Lord!
So now, I’m temporarily signing off to catch up on my sleep. Thanks for dropping by!
Cheers,
- Nancy -
Hi Nancy,
ReplyDeleteWOW! That's all I can say. You are a dynamo. And as busy as you are you sound happy. I love that. Keep up all the good work... and get some rest ;-)
-E
I sure am, E. And it's sure great to hear from you! Oh, I will get some rest. Thanks for dropping by. I hope your books are doing great. Lately, I've been very fascinated with our local versions of vampires, so I might dip into your works really soon!
DeleteConrats on the nomination. The cebu book club sounds interesting
ReplyDeleteHi, Mel! Thank you. The club is exclusive for now. We just recently launched it quietly and hopefully the membership will grow over the next few months.
DeleteGood luck with the media excellence award. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you.
ReplyDeleteI love Washington Irving. Rip van Winkle is one of my favorites. I love how Irving described him as having "an aversion to any kind of profitable labor" - or something similar to that. (and I think I mentioned before I once lived in a neighborhood named for him) :-)
Be careful not to overload yourself - we'd hate to see you get burned out!
-Jay
Hi, Jay! Thank you. I'm not really expecting to win because the four other finalists are really good in what they do. For me, being a finalist is an honor already.
DeleteI just finished Rip Van Winkle and made a post on it and on other short stories by Irving. He's good! And you're right, Rip has an aversion to any kind of profitable labor. He can easily help others but not himself. And he's a henpecked husband, too! :)
Thank you!
Jay, who would have thought...I won!
DeleteHello Nancy, your blog has been awarded the one lovely blog award. Please visit my blog http://marchhousebookscom.blogspot.co.uk/to see the details.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes, Barbara.
Oh, thank you, Barbara. This means so much to me. Special awards, such as this, is an affirmation that you like what you found on my blog. I'll go over to your blog to check the details. Thank you again. Much appreciated!
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