Wild About Writing

Okay, I’m reading Arianna Huffington’s book, Complete Guide to Blogging, but I haven’t seen anything in it about getted “memed” which has just happened to me.

I saw this term for the first time this morning when my Writers’ Union friend Lilian Nattel sent me a comment saying she’d been “memed” and now it was my turn. Tell six things about myself.

So first, (Luddite, me) I had to go and find out what it means:

“A meme is a set of questions that are passed from person to person.  You fill out the questions. Post them on your blog. Then you tag another blogger who is supposed to do the same thing.”

So here goes:

1. Deborah and I have decided to give a name to our new Prius when this zippy, hi-milage car arrives next month. We’re calling it Zelda. We were going to give that name (a la Zelda Fitzgerald) to our new puppy but she already had a name when we got her.
2. Love of my life at this moment is Morag, the new puppy. Well, a “senior” puppy – she’s 1 year old, a beautiful, loving Wheaten. Morag is Gaelic for sunshine and she’s brought lots into our life, after losing our beloved Rory.
3. I’ve just seen the first promotional ad for my new book, Scott Joplin and the Age of Ragtime. It’ll be out in the Spring, from McFarland Publishing. They’re in Jefferson, NC, but their reach is worldwide.
4. The book I’m reading most carefully at the moment is David Rocco’s Dolce Vita, a great Italian cookbook. Love that Farmer’s Breakfast and Spaghetti con Pomodorini (S. with cherry tomatoes).
5. Favorite new TV show is CBC’s Being Erica. Enjoyed the premiere so much, watched a rerun last night, and looking forward to the second instalment of this sexy, adult sit com tonight.
6. As a book lover, I think The Globe and Mail is on the right track with its revamp of its weekly Books section. Better to move more stuff over to the web – no space constraints — and I find the prospect of daily reviews, blogs and news quite enticing.

And now, I’m tagging Mary Soderstrom.