Mining the Muse

Here's the book.

Mining the Muse is a collaboration of work by the Chesterfield Writers' Club, a not-for-profit writers' group in Chesterfield, Virginia. Cover art by writer and graphic designer, Bonnie Watson. The book is available at our Lulu.com storefront. Enjoy!

Meet the Pen Folk

Cartoon by Dave Walker. Find more cartoons you can freely re-use on your blog at We Blog Cartoons.

It's that time of year again! Time to meet up with the folks we're kin to. Who doesn't have a weird cousin, or a relative who talks loud, but has nothing to say?

Eccentric family members help writers build character(s). Face-to-face interaction with them makes life more interesting than clicking a button to send an email.

Speaking of pushing buttons, blogging here makes for interesting interaction, but wouldn't it be nice if we could meet up? We can. We've got a few days until the next meeting.

We're a little wired because we just finished our first anthology, but drop by. Don't be shy. Come back and visit, or visit our Yahoo site to see what's fueling our writing.

Why We Write

Now that we're nano-ed and na-blo-wn out, why are we still writing?

As we tie up the loose ends on our first book, we're counting the million reasons amongst ourselves for continuing to show up. We're not just scribbling because the voices in our heads say, "Write." We've got to do it. If we didn't write, we wouldn't be writers.

voices in our heads (developing foreheads and nodding): 'nuff said

writers (perking up): thank you

voices in our heads (developing fingers and wagging): keep writing

writers (crawling back into our caves and muttering): okay, okay

Keep writing! It's fun! Be sure to come to our next meeting. 12/15/07.