Jennifer Crusie's Blog: Argh Ink

No, that’s not a snarky headline. There are penguins at risk from freezing because of an oil spill, and they need knitters to make sweaters. Save a penguin in New Zealand.

Pattern is here. I can’t find a crochet pattern, so I may lean on Lani to make one and then I’ll figure it out looking at hers. Also: must be of wool to keep the little buggers warm.

Wish I knew how to post pictures to the comments. I’d love to see what you come up with.

Today we’re thrilled, thrilled I tell you, to invite to Argh Ink the hardest working woman in romance, Sarah Wendell, possibly the only person who knows absolutely everybody in the business well enough to call them “Honey.” She speaks, she blogs, she films, and she writes books. Her first book, written with her blog partner, Candy Tan, was Beyond Heaving Bosums, the Smart Bitches’ Guide to Romance Novels, and it was a huge success, so it’s not surprising that she’s back again, this time writing solo with Everything I Know About Love I Learned From Romance Novels, in stores NOW. read more >>

So Thursday was Vet Day, the day I mistakenly thought it would be faster and easier to take all five dogs to the vet at once. Thank God for Lani.

We got off to a bad start because I’d forgotten to round up enough collars and leashes for everybody, and then there was the hell of getting them all in the car (although Milton’s always ready to go and so is Wolfie; it’s Veronica who’s sure it’s a plot against her), and then the excitement of driving while Lyle bitched because he had to share his moment with the rest of the fam (he’s used to solo trips and his own vet burger at the end, plus Mona chewed on his ear the whole way):

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Not being British, and evidently having NO FRIENDS IN BRITAIN*, I have just discovered there was a Going Postal TV movie last year and it’ll be out on DVD on Sept. 20. And Richard Coyle (better known to me as Jeff from Coupling) is playing Moist, which makes me a little dizzy with happiness. Also Claire Foy as Adora Belle and a cameo from Terry Pratchett, my go-to cheer-up guy-author, as a random postman. Oh, my God. Oh, my GOD, OH MY GOD! As Lani would say. This is one of the best books Terry Pratchett ever wrote, which means it’s one of the best books ever written and now they made a movie out of it with Charles Dance as Vetinari and David Suchet as Reacher Gilt . . .

I have to go lie down for awhile. In the meantime, here’s a preview: read more >>

Some of you have asked how Lyle’s doing. He’s still dying, he just doesn’t seem to have realized it yet. Thanks to a truly great vet and a truly great Yahoo Group, he’s put on weight, his numbers are getting better, his energy is way up, and he’s spoiled rotten and loving it.

Here’s Lyle’s headshot; doesn’t he look fabulous?

And he doesn’t just look fabulous, he has an equally spectacular life. read more >>