Love is a garden of thorns

[sovay]

To all you surreal botanists out there:

As many of you already know, the prestigious academic division of Two Cranes Press has recently announced its forthcoming publication of the first Field Guide to Surreal Botany. Do not miss out on this unique opportunity to have your discoveries—however discredited by popular science rags or disbelieved by laymen—recorded and illustrated for all the world to know, cherish, and occasionally extirpate. Payment may enable you to move those terraria out of your bedroom and somewhere less liable to lawsuit.

Best of luck!

Comments

[lesser-celery.livejournal.com]

When I was in high school, my career plan was to become a botanist. Then I discovered it involved work, most notably labs. If I can find some tiny bit of imagination--don't laugh, I'm an editor, not a writer, so imagination isn't my strong suit--maybe I can come up with a new species. Did you know there really is a plant called "lesser celery"?

[sovay]

maybe I can come up with a new species. Did you know there really is a plant called "lesser celery"?

I hadn't known. So is there a least celery?

[lesser-celery.livejournal.com]

At the time Tina and I wrote "The Incredible Shrinking Woman Stalks Supper," where we first used the phrase "lesser celery," neither of us knew such a species existed. We were only comparing the relative merits of asparagus and celery. But the existence of a real species of that name adds depth to the poetic meaning...or something like that.

Is there a Least Antilles?

[cucumberseed.livejournal.com]

Oh dear...

That's something I have to do.

[larryhammer]

Isingrass? Potted biograssy? Giant hogweed?

(Yes I know it exists -- it's still surreal.)

---L.

[sovay]

(I still refuse to believe in the isingrass.)

[jlundberg.livejournal.com]

Thanks for spreading the word, Sonya!

And Maxx Raabe did a cover of "Tainted Love"? Where oh where did you find it? I've looked on iTunes, but it's only the more serious stuff, not the cover songs. You already pointed me toward "Oops, I Did It Again," "Around the World," "We Will Rock You" and "Blue", but I'd love to hear more.

[sovay]

Thanks for spreading the word, Sonya!

You're welcome. I am going to hold you fully responsible for the fact that I am currently researching both the botanical terminology of mandrakes and the Battle of Crete.

Where oh where did you find it?

I have absolutely no idea. But it can now be found here.

[jlundberg.livejournal.com]

Ooh, thanks for the link.

And I just looked them up on Amazon, and both Super Hits and Super Hits 2 seem to be available, even though iTunes has no clue. I may just have to order both albums now.

I am going to hold you fully responsible for the fact that I am currently researching both the botanical terminology of mandrakes and the Battle of Crete.

Awesome. I expect a thoroughly groovy submission now.

[sovay]

I expect a thoroughly groovy submission now.

I hope . . . I think it's going to come in over 500 words. Do you still want to see it?

[jlundberg.livejournal.com]

Yep. The 500-word limit is a suggestion, but we'll certainly look at longer entries, though they need to be exceptional for us to do so. I don't think that will be a problem with you.

[sovay]

Heh. How much is too much? I may need an upper limit here.

[jlundberg.livejournal.com]

I'll comfortably look at 1,000 words, but if it starts edging into 2,000 territory, you might want to query me first.

[sovay]

I think we're still in 1000 territory. Thanks! You will have a submission from me later today.

[jlundberg.livejournal.com]

Wow, so fast! Looking forward to it.

[sovay]

If it doesn't work, I can always write another!

[eredien]

Oh, thank you--I so love plants, and writing something like this about them is ideal.

[sovay]

Do I get to read your submission?

[eredien]

After I write it, sure.