This is the sixth in a series of Three Goddess Chats, brought to you by Krissie (aka Anne Stuart and Kristina Douglas), Lucy (Lucy March aka Lani Diane Rich), and Jenny (Jenny Crusie), who meet in a chat-room called ThreeGoddesses to talk about everything. Most writers have discovery methods, techniques they use to brainstorm their stories and keep them in the world of the book. The Three Goddesses favor soundtracks and collage, and today’s topic is collage. (Click on the images to see them full size.)
Jenny: Collage is basically cutting and pasting your notes for the book in picture form. It’s a way to get past words, which we’re already using a lot of to write the book, and go to images and objects that evoke the tone and spirit of the book, the same way soundtracks do. In fact, collages with soundtracks can be lifesavers for novelists. read more >>
For those of you who knit or crochet [those who don't can stop reading now, sorry, read the Heroes post instead] and want another thing on your to-do list, I offer Nerd Wars on Ravelry. The brainchild of Raveler Eyeamelise, Nerd Wars is “A tournament of geekiness . . . a friendly crafting competition among different kinds of nerds.” The tournaments last three months, with six new challenges each month (although you don’t have to do all of them) testing your crafting imagination in six categories: Giving Geeks (charity work), Intellectual, Scientific, Technical, Nerd Culture, and Team Spirit. You can join a team or work as a freelance Ninja, but either way it’s a perfect storm of geek fandom with yarn lust. read more >>
Evidently they’re now full up on Penguin Sweaters. Or different groups have their wires crossed. However, penguins aren’t the only ones in need. There’s the Snuggles Project, making blankets for shelter animals, and of course, Project Linus, which makes blankets for children in need. Blankets are more fun to make than sweaters anyway.
Jennifer Crusie is the New York Times, USA Today, and Publisher’s Weekly bestselling author of twenty-one novels, one book of literary criticism, miscellaneous articles, essays, novellas, and short stories, and the editor of three essay anthologies. She lives on the Ohio River where she often stares at the ceiling and counts her blessings.
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