Yesterday's Rant and preparing for Hurrican Irene.

You guys are the best! Have I told you that lately? You really are.

I read that stupid article yesterday and got my panties all in a knot and had to vent.

There is no better place to go than the blogosphere!

Not only did you guys calm me down and make me laugh but you all agreed with me and that was the very best part.

So, I sent a Tweet to Angela James, the Executive Editor from Carina Press:

Wondering what @angelajames thinks of this article: 10 words editors hate? http://tinyurl.com/3vb27b2 - A dozen of us on my blog are at a loss.

She wrote back:
@hmgardner I've got nothing for you. I don't hate any of those words and they seem pretty innocuous! But I DO hate the word fateful...

Then she RT'd:

Seriously? Is it a joke? RT @hmgardner: Wondering what @angelajames thinks of this article: 10 words editors hate http://tinyurl.com/3vb27b2

And these were the responses to her:

joelysue Joely Sue Burkhart

Why isn't FATEFUL on that list?!? RT @angelajames RT @hmgardner: 10 words editors hate tinyurl.com/3vb27b2

 

rhondastapleton Rhonda Helms

@angelajames @hmgardner That was my favorite article in the entire history of articles. Also, make sure you don't use "the". Wait, whoops.

 

JulieLeto JulieLeto

Am pretty sure that's the dumbest thing I've ever read. RT @hmgardner: 10 words editors hate tinyurl.com/3vb27b2

 

annavaldinger Anna Valdinger

@angelajames @hmgardner That's *got* to be a joke! Surely ...? My authors are certainly allowed to say 'death', 'light' and 'feeling'!

 

angelajames Angela James

@joelysue hahaha, did you see my actual response to @hmgardner? It was "I hate the word fateful" lolol!

 

ros_clarke Ros Clarke

@angelajames @hmgardner I poked around the site a bit and it looks like they deal with a lot of poetry, which might make more sense of it.

 

joelysue Joely Sue Burkhart

@angelajames I missed your original direct response to @hmgardner - but am so not surprised!

 

shannonstacey Shannon Stacey

@angelajames I hope authors don't take that to heart. Oops...said heart. @hmgardner

 

 

So, folks, it's not just us!

 

I thought about writing to the author of the article but technically it was just their opinion.

 

Perhaps that was how they were telling everyone that they didn't want to be an editor any longer?

NMP: Not My Problem.

Moving on!

 

Hey, there is a hurricane traveling up the East Coast! Did ya hear?

Hurricane Irene. As of right now, 11 AM EST, is a Cat. 2 storm. They are expecting it to pick up steam as it heads for the Carolinas.

 

I live in NY, about an hour and a half north of NYC. We will certainly receive all the rain and some wind but we are unlikely to see much damage in our area.

 

I'll let you know.

What will we do to prepare for the exciting event?

 

Not too much, actually.

 

I live in NY where we have just about every natural disaster show up eventually.

 

I'm married to a volunteer firefighter who is also the department's safety officer.

 

I live in a state of preparedness.

But, I should probably pick up the five essentials, according to my husband.

1. Milk

2. Bread

3. Eggs

4. Coffee

5. Dessert

Any of you guys preparing to be prepared?