With Spanish, a language that is used so widely all over the world, with so many different cultural differences, how do you approach a text?
A poem by Begoña Martínez. Am I a cat? / I bask in the sun, / I lay in your lap, / I find my own way, / I don’t like other cats.
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. 🙂
Amazon me va a matar. En serio, bueno, o matará mi escritura porque no hago más que encargar (¡y leer!) libros. Es como ir a una librería de Londres, pero sin salir de casa y sin que te pese la bolsa. Un peligro. Un peligro muy gordo. Esto es lo que me acaba de llegar
Hoy empiezo de verdad a publicar las preguntas que me hacen por correo electrónico (que siempre contesto, aunque a veces tarde un poco). La última puede que beneficie a alguna agencia de la competencia, así que lo justo será que beneficie (si sirve) a todas las que hubieran querido hacer la misma pregunta. Primera pregunta
Hay algo bonito en tener algunos libros en papel. Parto con la desventaja de tener cinco mil cómics en casa, veinticinco años de handicap friki.
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