BritishSpeak, the book: Update.

Friday will mark the second month of this blog's life, and, almost unbelievably, I am on schedule with the project. This is pretty amazing because this was a spur of the moment undertaking that I decided to insert, somehow, into my already tight list of writing and blogging projects. (Not to mention earning a living at the same time.) So I am happy with where the book is right now. I had hoped for a fall publishing, and that appears easily within reach.

Part one is coming together nicely. Part one is the collecting of words and phrases that are new or different to me as a speaker of American English. As always, I spend an hour or so each evening "digesting" the new words I have collected for the day. The list is very long now, and I work hard at keeping it organized.

This collecting will continue until Part Two—the stories—have all been written. Finally will come Part Three of my project, organization and illustration. Then will come the uninteresting work, which will go on unnoticed by you, of course, of publication and marketing.

As we "slide" into Phase Two this month, the story writing will intensify until it becomes my only real focus here. Posting will perhaps become less frequent as I spend more and more time on the private production blog BritishSpeak2. But I fully intend to keep this blog active.

I want to also thank those who have been participating in the story writing behind the scenes. Especially, I want to recognize Claire and Ann. You have both been so friendly and helpful. And patient with me. Kelly and Andy will have their arms twisted painfully during Phase Three. And I have high hopes that Linda and Stine and Alison (and perhaps even Catherine at times) will translate my own writings into actual British English. We shall see.

Onward and upward.