pan magazine (Food)

Food is a big part of my life, and hence, a big part of this blog, so it seems only right that I mention my new food website - pan magazine - that I have started with my good friend (and former editor - you might know him from WRITE magazine) Chris Garbutt.

We wanted a place to talk about food and tell a story, the way we wanted to tell it. So we started pan and hope that you will enjoy the personal accounts of our encounters with food.

If you wish to submit something, please see our submission guidelines. And if you have a story you want to tell, write us. Chances are we want to hear about it.

(The site will be available as of September 1st)

2050 (Writing)

Recently I had to look up some book titles coming out next year. I went to a book search engine, typed in the type of book I was looking for and then sorted them all by release date. Because you can’t specify which date you want, it takes you to the date furthest into the future.

So here I am, in front of my computer in August of 2006, and all of a sudden it is 2050 and Mary Higgins Clark is publishing another book.

First of all, my shock of being thrust into the future so quickly took me aback. And then it started to sink in. Mary Higgins Clark has a book coming out 42 years from now. Like black holes and the vast expanse of the internet, it took me awhile to really comprehend the concept.

Mary Higgins Clark is writing so much that her books can be published and republished that far into the future. Wow. I have something coming out in 2008 and I thought that was advance planning.

And this got me to thinking about my own work – I hope to still be publishing by then.

Huh. Imagine that.

It is strange how you just concentrate on the day-to-day business of what you are doing and all of a sudden, someone brings to your attention how much time has passed.

It was just recently that I figured out I’ve been writing and publishing for a decade. That was fast. And I have something coming out not only this month and next month and next year, but 2008.

Suddenly, 2050 isn’t that far away after all.