Planned Covid-Related Anthology

The Anthology I’ve been editing over the past year is edging ever closer to publication, so it’s time to get some of the non-writing things organised, in particular obtaining permission to publish submitted works, from the authors who wrote and sent them in. Only problem with that is that I didn’t actually have email addresses from every person who sent in work to me, so the task of getting the needed online addresses was my task for this afternoon and tonight.

I much prefer more strictly ‘writer-related’ things, rather than more office worker kinds of things, but so be it, if I want to be an editor doing things like putting together anthologies using the works of others, the day to day mundane tasks are important too.

So that was today, and tomorrow, I will being sending out agreement notices for contributors to fill in and sign, then send back to me. And then, woohoo, the exciting task of getting this books printed can happen!

The actual book is almost all done, just waiting on a few more things to happen and once those notices are in, turn on the printers! This book will be an important historical document into the future, looking back at how people reacted to the terrible Covid-19 virus that caused so much disruption in the lives of millions of people, whether they were infected with the virus or not.

Keeping safe, cost jobs in Australia, but it also saved lives. Looking at what is happening in Europe right now, early in April 2021, is quite frightening, with many deaths from this virus still, even as treatments are being rolled out. The vaccinations though are not being accepted as widely as may be needed, and there are still some who fear the treatment may be worse that the disease.

My personal thought is that being protected by a vaccination and staying alive is a good way to go, and when my turn comes, I’ll take a shot, have a jab, get vaccinated, however you want to put it, for sure. I always have the flu vaccination, and have only a bit of a sore arm for a while afterward, and I’m expecting this Covid jab, AstraZeneca, is likely to be similar.

I don’t have time to get Covid, I have a book to get ready to launch! ‘Plague Invasion – Creative Writing Responses to Covid-19’ is set to break out into the world at the end of July!