On This, That, and the Other

I’ve been wrestling with a Middle English text. Specifically, the Middle English translation of Prose Merlin from the French Lancelot-Grail Cycle.

Why?

Because while I’ve been working my way through the Lancelot-Grail Reader, I found something summarized in the excerpts of the Merlin there that I needed more details about. Fortunately, the Middle English Prose Merlin is online, and I found the necessary chapter, though it wasn’t obvious at first.

Sadly, it wasn’t as… revelatory as I had hoped. Nor particularly useful, come to think of it. :-/

Hell Week is done and buried. Monday, clean-up of files. Tuesday, put together the 2010 calendar. Wednesday, start writing November.

I have a list of holidays I’m adding to the 2010 calendar. Tolkien Reading Day. Bloomsday. Tartan Day. Talk Like a Pirate Day is already on my spreadsheet. I’m open to suggestions for other spurious and/or geeky holidays.

Published by Allyn

A writer, editor, journalist, sometimes coder, occasional historian, and all-around scholar, Allyn Gibson is the writer for Diamond Comic Distributors' monthly PREVIEWS catalog, used by comic book shops and throughout the comics industry, and the editor for its monthly order forms. In his over ten years in the industry, Allyn has interviewed comics creators and pop culture celebrities, covered conventions, analyzed industry revenue trends, and written copy for comics, toys, and other pop culture merchandise. Allyn is also known for his short fiction (including the Star Trek story "Make-Believe,"the Doctor Who short story "The Spindle of Necessity," and the ReDeus story "The Ginger Kid"). Allyn has been blogging regularly with WordPress since 2004.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *