A staff member I report to announced that they're leaving the position, so I have some admin tasks to take care of this afternoon before I can finish Draft 2 of this week's last newsletter.
Then I'll read for tomorrow's BookTube, and ideally send out 8 agent pitches for the novel. (And if BookTube works out well tomorrow morn, fiction in the afternoon! 🤞)
But for now, it's time to walk and see what the papers say. Today's edition has a cooking column, always a treat. Happy Saturday, you louts!
This is why the term "guys", as in "you guys", fell out of favour as a form of generic address: because some hated that it has a gendered history. I don't agree with that approach (I'm a language descriptivist; meanings change with context), but I usually say "folks" instead, all the same.
I also enjoy taking back old words like "rotters", "louts", "sods", "ne'er-do-wells" in lighthearted discourse.
I don't *actually* think we're all a bunch of boors and cads here, I promise. 😉
@MLClark LOL I use 'you guys' to mean everyone and call women 'dude' when they are acting out but also say folks sometimes as well. I knew you were kidding around. :) And I like 'out of fashion' terms too.
@MLClark Happy Saturday to you too! :)
@MLClark Did you know 'lout' is a gendered word? LOL It usually applies only to males. Happy equal opportunity to be uncouth day! :)
So much of writing is salesmanship... I often wonder how many genius stories have withered to dust bcuz their authors were introverts...