Writer's Notebook: Cool Bits

[daidoji_gisei]

A week or so ago yhlee put up a post on her cool bits as a reader (and writer). I thought it was an interesting idea at the time, but I was in the middle of Thanksgiving and deadlines and I let the idea slip by. But now it is Sunday morning, I'm sipping my way through my Jasmine Green Peony (so pretty) and I'm given to understand that helen_keeble is feeling bored, so here, in no particular order, is my list.

-loyalty among friends

-flowers
-- especially roses

-"...they say the sun is sometimes eclipsed by the moon, you know I can't see you when she walks into the room..."

-clothing and what it says about the wearer and their society

-making and consuming food and drink
--especially tea
--and bread

-swords

-gaining skill through discipline and work

-changing into what you are

-stories about Story

-moments of decision
--especially moral decisions

-ordinary people who pull through non-ordinary happenings

-courage, both moral and physical

-everyday life in different cultures, both real and imaginary

-mosaics of good and evil in human souls

-stars and starlight, and the chilly face of the moon

-haiku

-protectiveness
--especially towards children

-sacrifice

-guitar riffs

I'm tempted to add "the French Revolution" to the list, because it is a fact that one of my chief joys in reading the early Honor Harrington books was watching Weber match his imaginary revolution to the real one (oh, look! tennis courts!) and after the series got past that point I started to lose interest, but I don't feel particularly the need to write about the French Revolution so I didn't include it.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I would assume they translated it "cher cousin", in italics, with a little *, and a footnote that said "En français dans le texte" (trans. "In french in the text"). That seems to be the norm in handling random bits of (relatively properly used) french in english texts.

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Argh. Sorry. Above was me ; I got logged out without noticing.