A Good Story

Cat Story - Part Seven

(The previous parts of this Cat Story can be found here: 
https://afarinrava.blogspot.com/2024/11/cat-story-part-six.html)

Once I'm done editing her manuscript, Pishi Pishi Miao Miao expects me to format her book...
and design its cover, too.
She also claims she has made some sort of announcement about publishing her book on December 13.

(Until then I'm sure there will be more to the story...
but readers can expect a partial cover reveal next Tuesday.)

On This Monday

 

Approval

When the pieces of my project finally align, it feels like the universe whispers its approval, and I just want to complete the final steps and share my work.

Aim

The usage of the verb aim depends on the context:

1. aim + at + noun
used when specifying the target or goal
example:
She aimed at the target.

2. aim + to + verb
used when expressing an intention or goal 
example:
He aims to finish the project by Wednesday.

3. aim
used alone in some cases, especially in commands or casual speech
example:
Just aim and shoot.

4. aim + for + noun
used instead of "aim at" to express targeting something as a goal
example:
We aim for excellence.

Each structure slightly shifts the meaning or focus of the verb aim.

Friday

It's a gray Friday, and I'm not referring to the weather. The signs and banners of advertisement for Black Friday are all in play, and have been for a few days now, and we're still two weeks away from black Friday... so I can call it gray, or even dark gray, now, right?

Black Friday got its name back in the 1960s in Philadelphia, where police used it to describe the crazy crowds and traffic chaos on the day after Thanksgiving as people flooded the streets to start their holiday shopping — not exactly flattering. Later, retailers gave it a positive spin, tying it to the idea of businesses going in the black, as opposed to in the red, thanks to all those eager shoppers. Over time, the term stuck, and now it’s synonymous with massive sales and discounts, kicking off the holiday shopping season. 

There are other special Fridays, too. Some Fridays are tied to religious or historical events, and others are culturally or commercially defined: Good Friday, Casual Friday, Fish Friday, Freedom Friday, Orange Friday, Blue Friday, etc.

#TBT

#TBT to when I first read Anne Lamott's advice about first drafts, which, in her book Bird by Bird, she simply calls "shitty." She tells writers to start by getting something — anything — down on paper. This is still my guiding principle every time I sit down to write. 

This advice both validates the difficulty of getting started, reassuring me that it’s fine, even expected, for a first draft to be flawed and encourages me to give myself permission to write freely and embrace imperfect beginnings, clearing the way for creativity and authentic voice to emerge.