We’re editing together, head to head. It’s a bio, a blurb, maybe something in between. He’s Neil Gaiman, (I know Amanda is behind me, reading something else) and he’s mumbling a bit, as he re-reads the text: words flow until they get stuck. I take it from the place he left off. —I think that what it
Yesterday I visited the birthplace of Sandino in Nicaragua: Niquinohomo. Yo soy del pueblo que un niño en Niquinohomo soñó. Soy del pueblo de Sandino y Benjamín Zeledón —Yo soy de un pueblo sencillo, by Luis Enrique Mejía Godoy (see the complete lyrics and my translation below) Benjamín Zeledón’s fortress —the political prison We
Somebody makes a pseudo-stupid joke at my son Quique in the street —something I’ll never understand.
Pablo looks at me with his best “what the hell just happened, did you get it?” and our telepathy fails for a moment, and I have to make do with expressing my thoughts with words, and in front of the kids to boot.
[In English, because this is not for the delicate ears of my Spanish kids]
“Let it be. Just an idiot. Motherfucking drunk.” [In Spanish, because… well, you’ll see]
“Mooooom!” Lucía, my 10 year-old, scolds me “that’s a swear word, I HEARD YOU!”
“Darn. So now you do speak English and you understand it when it’s convenient for you. So I won’t be able to swear even in English, now?”
“You could swear in German. But… well, then when I heard you speaking in German I’d know you’re swearing.”
Lost. We’ve lost here.
Should I compile all the Quique and Lucía stories in a single document? This is a serious question for you as my readers. Do tell me in the comments. I’ve also asked my patrons on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/minibego. If you’re late to the party, it’s a system in which people help me pay for my writing costs, and maybe, someday, for my writing itself. Go have a look. It starts with as little as 1$ a month and it really pushes me to write more.
By the way, we’ve reached the next goal we had, to get 2 pretty ebook covers a year:
The next goal is getting two pretty layouts a year:
It feels like the seed of a new, cool thing growing in my life. I’m really looking forward to see what happens next. 🙂
¿Alguna vez te has preguntado qué es la homeopatía y si funciona? Pues aquí tienes la respuesta. Clara, concisa, documentada. En resumen: no. No funciona. Visita la web Qué es la homeopatía para leer sobre esta disciplina, su origen y puntos en común con el conocido efecto placebo. Más amigos que participan en esta campaña
Hoy empiezo mi primera novela. La excusa es NaNoWriMo. Me animaron Neil Gaiman (bueno, él no lo sabe), Charlaine Harris (ella tampoco: pero si ha escrito diez novelas sólo sobre Sookie Stackhouse yo puedo escribir una sobre… bueno, ya la leeréis), y Stephen King, via Yolanda González Mesa, de Tinta al Sol: A menudo los
La fiesta española va de recordar a tus muertos. La fiesta americana, de recordar que vas a morir. De pasar miedo adrede. De convertir el miedo en disfraces y caramelos.
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