When in Doubt! - Who vs. Whom

I can't remember if I've posted this before, but I am absolutely in love with this trick!

"When in doubt, try this simple trick: If you can replace the word with “he”' or “'she,” use who. If you can replace it with “him” or “her,” use whom" (Grammarly 2018).

Read the full article below: 

Who or Whom? It's Not As Hard As You Think | Grammarly

References:
"Who vs. Whom." How British English and American English Are Different | Grammarly Blog. March 06, 2018. Accessed August 13, 2018. https://www.grammarly.com/blog/who-vs-whom-its-not-as-complicated-as-you-might-think/.

Summer Reading - A Must Read For All Writers

I am currently reading a book for my summer Writing 301 - Editing and Publishing class, an incredible book through which I've discovered something rather inspiring, amazing, and now I want to share it here:

Only a few pages into the reading I feel I should share that it is my personal belief that if you are a [white] writer it is your responsibility to read LITERARY PUBLISHING IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY by Daniel Jose Older, Edited by Travis Kurowski, Wayne Miller & Kevin Prufer MILKWEED EDITIONS. And if you are a writer of color who feels as if they are getting rejected based off their books this is also for you.

The first chapter is "DIVERSITY IS NOT ENOUGH: RACE, POWER, PUBLISHING" featuring quotes such as the one I posted as this month's Quote of the Month from page 155. It also says "Of 3,200 children's books published in 2013, just 93 were about black people," according to a study by the Cooperative Children's Book Center at the University of Wisconsin" (157). And "This is the language of privilege the audacity of standing at the top of a mountain you made on the backs of others and then yelling at people for being at the bottom" (158). Older also quotes a fellow writer of color, Anika Noni Rose, who said in Vanity Fair:  "There are so many writers of color out there, and often what they get when they bring their books to their editors. they say, 'We don't relate to the character.' Well it's not for you to relate to! And why can't you expand yourself so you can relate to the humanity of a character as opposed to the color of what they are" (159).

This book might state facts that are (or at least should be) rather obvious and yet they are maddeningly eye-opening. It has made me want to take action, preach action, and help other writers no matter what race open their eyes in hopes they too will take this issue seriously, and also learn how to navigate the radically white [Publishing] Market.

You can find this book in PDF format online. And obviously it wouldn't be hard to find a printed version in a library.

TSW & More

Getting myself organized. It's harder than I realized it would be, but I'm doing it. Slowly and carefully. My first order of business is going to be to get rid of my Chronic Daily blog and turn it over strictly to the Facebook group for ease of access both for me, and as well as my readers, and I will be doing this as soon as I've posted this update. Following closely behind will be to start getting things ready for my newest & latest project: creating a magazine based off my blog. I will be using the Chronic Daily blog page to connect these, though the url/domain address will be changing. Needless to say if the layout appears familiar...there's the reason. But it won't be up and running until my third of order business is [well] under way, the final -- and rather broad -- order I'm focused on: starting a Eugene-based meetup. Based off my original magazine idea I wrote about long ago, I'll be calling my meetup "The Creative Coast" which will bring together a group of artistic people who are interested in making their creative passions into a printed and digital magazine meant for readers who are interested in the realm of fashion, photography, writing (nonfiction, fiction, and anything in between), painters, draw-ers, etc., jewelry makers, and more. (For additional ideas of the art that will be included (but certainly not limited to), see the link "block" at the end of this update.)

As I briefly touched on, the idea of this meetup will be to eventually create a magazine based off the arts, featuring too feminism-based and equality-based articles with an artistic spin. The magazine will be called "TSW" the acronym of which is based on my title for this blog "The Secret Writer". I wanted to pay attribute to this very blog, granted I wanted to call the meetup something for a variety of reasons I'm not going to go into at the moment as there are many. What I will say, however, is that this is one project I'm not going to abandon. I'm heavily dedicated to it and it is going to happen.

Alas, when the time comes we will be welcoming submissions from anyone and everyone who lives (on the west coast, to start) for both the digital and printed magazine. But that's a distant reality at this very moment as I have yet to create the meetup, and will be doing it once I configure all my blogs accordingly. So that's what is happening as I type this update. Needless to say "The Secret Writer" will not be going anywhere. In fact, I hope to strengthen it even further.

Stay tuned for further updates regarding "The Creative Coast" meetup and "TSW" magazine 💖 !

Major constituents of the arts include literature (including drama, poetry, and prose), performing arts (among them dance, music, and theatre), and visual arts (including architecture, ceramics, drawing, painting, photography, and sculpting).

The arts - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_arts