It’s labor day weekend, a time when even the hardworking gang at Ballantine retreats to Maine or the Cape – or at least to their back yards or terraces. In case you haven’t heard, it’s been New York’s hottest summer in recorded history. What’s a just-returned-from-dropping-her-youngest-at-college mom-writer to do? Wordle her time away.
I plugged the whole of The Four Ms. Bradwells into wordle.net, which was mentioned in Poets & Writers, and creates word-cloud art from whatever text you supply. I meant to share it here, but alas, it would have to have come with spoiler alert. I’ll tell you, though, that the largest words in the cloud are, in order, Ginger, Laney, Mia, and Betts – not coincidentally the names of the four Ms. Bradwells. Somewhat smaller: Beau, Trey, Max, Doug, and Andy. Also Mother and mother, Island and island, daughter, boat, Chawterley (the name of the house at which most of the novel takes place), Court (as in Supreme), and dead.
I also ran 1st Books through wordle, by plugging in the site address. No spoilers here – this blog is about writing and books. All that rejection does result in something lovely in the end, doesn’t it? Or all that long-fought-for success!
Enjoy the holiday! – Meg
