Everyone Needs An Unofficial Ted Lasso Puzzle Book

One of my true honors and privileges as an artist with far more reach than I deserve for the work I do or have done is that (provided that I do not abuse the privilege) EEEEEEVERY once in two or three whiles I can point at some art or projects that one of my friends is doing and give them a little boost.

It's not much, and it's a LOT less than people who get envious of my platform seem to think. I don't hit a button and make anyone thousands of dollars for their self-published NaNoWriMo drafts. But if their shit is awesome, they might sell another couple dozen.

Last year, my editor and a coauthor, both of whom are fans of Ted Lasso, published the third of three puzzle books. If you like word games and like Ted Lasso, they are a lot of fun. The coauthor supports a charity called Steps of Faith, and through that group (and a couple of steps I'm leaving out), met Jason Sudeikis—the man behind the Ted Lasso series. Jason autographed all three of the puzzle books and graciously allowed himself to be photographed doing that for the books' promotion.

Lift it Like Lasso Volume One

Lift it Like Lasso Volume Two

Lift it Like Lasso Volume Three

The coauthor that I mentioned also has a blog where you can check out her work with Steps of Faith and the way she ended up with copies of her own book autographed by the creator of Ted Lasso. Enjoy.

Rebecca's Blog

You Just Got "Literally" Burned

Hi everyone. Joy here. Chris put in a 45 hour week on househusbandry and teaching this week (that's more than most people before he even sat down and started writing), so in the interest of his trying to put quality over quantity, he's letting me tag in today.

Besides, Leela has promised to start writing if my sisters and I get more post time. So maybe we'll see some bad advice getting its ass kicked soon.

If Chris will take a damned day off once in a while to get a better article up the next day, the end result will be more posts from me and my sisters and Leela Bruce.

So enjoy this poignant story about a teacher who insists that students know the difference between "literally" and "figuratively." 

TPS: Writing Links

[After a little over a year of them doing nothing but hanging out here at Writing About Writing and mooching off the free room and board.  And because Leela Bruce will kill me if I don't do something to end the sausage fest around here, it is my honor to introduce our newest guest bloggers: The Pointer Sisters*!  Pointing you toward some of the best links about writing that are on the web today.]

*Not to be confused with the wonderful R&B trio from Oakland.


Prudence 

Grammar Girl (You all need this bookmarked. All of you.)
Mike Rowe: Life Advice (I'm sure you can get how this could apply to writing.)


Sage

Chomsky: Media Manipulation Strategies (Don't fall prey to these machinations.)
E.B. White: The Role and Responsibility of the Writer (In as much as there is such a thing.)


Justice

What Speech Do Americans Like Best? (Much "incorrect" English usage is just unapproved dialects.)
Popular Social Justice Books (Lots of good stuff here for people who care.)


Sparks

Neil Gaiman's Make Art Speech (This is breathtaking.)
Vonnegut: Motivational Posters (Some are silly, but some will inspire you.)

The Pointer Sisters

Not these Pointer Sisters.
They're WAY too awesome for Writing About Writing.

When you hear "The Pointer Sisters," you might think of a certain trio of superstar musical artists who pwned the 70's and 80's (and who still perform today); however, our guest bloggers from upstate New York have little in common with the West Oakland R&B artists beyond their name. Leela told me that her latest additions hadn't even done a four chord song pop hit.

And there are five of our sisters.

The Pointer Sisters for Writing About Writing (who are the four daughters of Gretta and Art Pointer) are here to point things out on the internet.  They'll point toward great links about writing, art, language, inspiration and more.


Prudence will point out those things that a writer should consider in their practical lives.

Sage likes to share things that are more esoteric or intellectually applicable.

Justice is a fan of pointing out social theory and how writers can incorporate it into conscientious writing.

Sparks just loves to share things that will inspire you.

Joy likes to share the links that will make you smile.

4/27/14 (Vonnegut, E.B. White, Grammar Girl, Social Justice Books, Gaiman's Speech and more)
2/6/14 Joy shares a quickie about "literally"