Klárlega, planið er að endurskrifa á íslensku þegar hún er tilbúin, finnst það spennandi! Finnst frekar lítið í boði af sambærilegu hér amk.

But maybe it does flow better, I think that might be genre thing? It's a romance (or romance adjacent at least), and I just haven't read much in that genre in Icelandic.

I'm writing in English partly bc doing a year long writing course in English, but also most professional (scientific) writing has been in English so far. I think my vocabulary isn't better or worse, but it differs for sure. The texture of the writing feels different somehow, Icelandic vs English...

Þessi færsla er í boði bugunar.

My freezer is full of banana emergencies. Exactly as described. Except I freeze them first. Banana bread them later. Or banana muffins them. With chocolate. Of course.

An illustrator friend did a kid's book where one of the mums wore hijab. Not to make a point, just as part of a normal city school background. Took it to publisher and was asked to remove because it 'wasn't a book about inclusivity'

I often muse about nastiness in kidlit and how children need and want it. The question is: how do we include nastiness without reinforcing existing power structures? Matilda is by no means a perfect eg of this given the misogyny of Miss Trunchbull's portrayal but it's got the raw materials #KidLitUK

Þetta er rosaleg kaka!