I have a new writing group!
(The cap gun that Sophie's holding is Lala's.)
I'm so damn excited about this group blog. I'll be writing there every two weeks (so you should throw it in your RSS reader), and the eight women writing with me are AWESOME.
These are the women to follow. I mean it. (That's why I'm hanging out with them.) They're pretty and smart and sexy and great writers and they have very good taste. (Unlike Pandora, which just started playing Zydeco. Now, Zydeco has its place, but its place is not in my room right now. Ack.)
And someday, I'm convinced, people will say, "Really? They write on the same blog? All of those famous New York Times bestsellers? Wow!"(No, really. I think that will happen.)
I didn't have a writing group for so long that I was parched, wanting that camaraderie. I guess it had been since grad school crit
groups, ten years (gasp) ago. And the women over at the blog aren't
critique partners, they're partners in crime. On Sunday, Sophie
Littlefield had an informal get-together at her house, with the
intention of working. And you know what? We actually worked. People
were draped all over her house, in various states of set-up. From
Martha on the couch with her headphones on, laptop keyboard afire, to
me at the kitchen table with my whole set-up -- computer, keyboard,
mouse, writing stand, binder, pen, post-its. Once an hour, we cracked
up and talked and refilled our coffee cups, and the rest of the time we
worked. I finished my second draft of book two there, and I was SO
happy about it.
Come say hi and make us feel welcome. (Scroll down -- there should be two posts by me, but you should read all of the others, too.) We're still a little shy, so let's show them who the Knitters Are. HERE WE ARE.
(Hello, graveyard. Nothin' better for photos, no?)
PS - Not related to anything else, but I just found out that How to Knit a Love Song WILL be available in Canada, around the same time as it is in the US, in March. Hooray!
Very cool! It's now in my feed! I'm excited because now I'll be discovering the books of your fellow PensFatales!
Posted by: Shannon | Tuesday, June 02, 2009 at 09:26
You're pur-ty, too!!!! :)
Posted by: Martha Flynn | Tuesday, June 02, 2009 at 10:08
A blog about writing that looks fun, thank you! Trudging through a short story right now and thinking vague thoughts about NaNoWrimo, this is just what I needed.
Posted by: Ali | Tuesday, June 02, 2009 at 11:24
I subbed right up - how can all of you be writers and gorgeous at the same time? Yikes! Saw Janine at Ferals last night - we were thrilled to have her visit. There should be a couple of cute pix of her on my blog by late tonight or tomorrow. She's handling everything well, as you know she does, but it's tough.
Posted by: Linda "K" | Tuesday, June 02, 2009 at 12:08
Hello, did you know you and Lala are on Craft.com? You are trying out a loom!
I put the new blog on my bloglines, looks like very interesting reading!
Posted by: Krista M | Tuesday, June 02, 2009 at 13:26
I love this idea. What a fantastic way to create a writing community.
Posted by: beverly | Tuesday, June 02, 2009 at 13:56
Yay! Fun. I love finding like minded people to play with and be inspired by.
Pandora goes off track sometimes. And stays there! It is the only thing I don't like about it.
Posted by: Maia | Tuesday, June 02, 2009 at 15:29
The availability of your first book in Canada next March is great news! I should read PensFatales' blog very soon - at least a few entries.
Posted by: Giulietta | Tuesday, June 02, 2009 at 17:51
Oh shit - that was a *cap* gun??
xo
LOVE my pens-fatales-pals
(i just made that up...get it....like "pen pals" - oh i crack myself up sometimes)
Posted by: sophie littlefield | Tuesday, June 02, 2009 at 19:00
I have to say first off that is one good looking group of authors - secondly - for your next book you need to do that pose with those clothes - everything the same that you have on the top of the blog - it is a seriously great picture of you - not that I have ever seen a bad picture of you but that is GREAT
Posted by: rho | Wednesday, June 03, 2009 at 10:04
I just wanted to let you know that I just saw you and Lala over on Craftzine. I'm pretty sure you need a loom now. Here's the link: http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2009/06/more_views_from_maker_faire.html
Posted by: Jennifer | Wednesday, June 03, 2009 at 16:13
what a fabulous idea
Posted by: nursemyra | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 15:26
will your book be available in the UK Rachel? I recently discovered kniiting mysteries a la Maggie Sefton; how to knit a love song has a beautiful, lyrical sound. Would be a tad frustrating not to be availalble here. Mind you, we travel to the States every other year (next is 2011) or, my sister's pen friend of almost 50 years lives in Canada, so I should be able to get it one way or another.
Posted by: tina ambury | Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 10:21