Carrie on pens and needles

Right?!

Ooh Harrisonburg is so pretty have fun!!

A photo of Charlie Jane wearing a pink starfleet uniform against a pink background

FRANKLIN PARK READING SERIES. Monday Nov. 10, 8-10 PM. Photos of CJA, Brandon Taylor, Jaquira Diaz, Laura Venita Green, Jennifer Hope Choi and Sam Munson

A photo of CJA inside a weird bubble in a storm. LESSONS IN MAGIC AND DISASTER: THE POWER OF STORYTELLING WITH CHARLIE JANE ANDERS. Reading & Talk, Monday 11/17 7-8 PM, Parentheses Books, Drop In Book Chat, Tues 11/18., 3:30, Keezell 307. Plus JMU logos and the cover of Lessons in Magic and Disaster

A photo of Charlie Jane wearing a pink dress in front of a gray park bench. Text says Author Event: CJA. Nov 19 at 7 PM @ As You Are

East Coast peeps! I am coming to you!

MONDAY I'll be at Franklin Park in Brooklyn.

11/17-11/18: JMU & Parentheses Books in Harrisonburg, VA

11/19: Little District Books & As You Are in DC

11/20: Trans Day of Remembrance @ GMU followed by the Arthur C. Clarke Awards

11/22-11/23: Miami Book Fair!

Am I really the only middle school sports parent in the state of VA concerned that kids are put back in the game after getting sick on the court?

For my museum friends: yall need to check out The Memory Hunters by Mia Tsai. It might be a futuristic, sci/ fantasy, but it touches on sooo many ethics topics that museums grapple with. Link to a local bookstore below

prince-books.com/book/9781645...

Portrait of Kate Atherley

Oh yes oh yes oh yes! This week's live chat from the workroom welcomes a special guest: Kate Atherley, author of the new and much-anticipated book, "Math for Knitters."

Patrons, the invitation and link have gone out, so check your inboxes.

For the curious, I include the clicky thing down below.

I’m on my 3rd read-through of Talking to Dragons in two months so my food envy kicked in. Guess who’s eating stew (Brunswick stew with chicken) and gingerbread for dinner

You’re welcome!

Oh this sounds so cool!

Ooh that just reminded me that the American Revolution museum at Yorktown has a really cool whiskey still from the 1700s in their collection. It’s really cool if you ever get a chance to see it!

Crap. Yeah, I might have written this scene once or twice. Closely related, one character is scared into the others arms. Either way, someone walking in always breaks the tension.

There's no way to convey sexual tension except by having two characters fall or be knocked over, with one landing on top of the other with their faces an inch apart. We've made a lot of fiction but that's the only technique that exists

My zero draft was pretty short (normal) at 35,000 ish words. I usually type up chapters individually but did them all at the same time this time. The problem? I’m now hyper focused on word count. This is unfortunately anti productive.
#5amwritersclub

I missed it. This is what I get for painting my nails during the game

I mean, interesting is one way to put it

Podcast suggestions needed please!

What recreatable item (clothing, food, or accessories) from a book would you like to see recreated?

Example: onion pie or cherries jubilee? A hat pin or necklace? The corset/ stays everyone’s always complaining about?

Whatcha got?!

Finally finished the rewritten zero draft of my US Navy/WWI historical mystery. It’s still early in revisions but it feels stronger! Plus, I learned so much about the German ships interned at the Norfolk Navy Yard in 1915/1916 and it’s so interesting to write about.
#5amwritingclub

The human ability to put things “where we won’t lose them” is second only to our inability to find said things

I published new episode:Patterns, History, and a Rant About Calendars, please check it out. www.podbean.com/wlei/pb-cvjx...

New podcast recorded!! Hopefully will have it up either today or tomorrow!!
#pensandneedlespodcast

I hate it when my Numbers doc says “the formula contains a syntax error” but it won’t tell me what it is

ok I'm going to reiterate some deeply important facts about measles:

-you can become infected by measles if you are in a room where someone who has measles has been hours after they have left
-measles wipes out your immune system
-measles can kill you and kills lots of 'healthy' people every year

Talking to kids can be wild. You spend 11 years learning their language approximations and trying to teach them synonyms, then when you say “hand me my knitting bag, please” they don’t know what you were talking about because “that’s not a bag, that’s a backpack” or something.

Omg Ive gotten soooo much awesome stuff off there it’s ridiculous. I love it!

Check out eBay and Poshmark! I’ve gotten several off there for good prices!

First bike ride in about 19/20 yrs is complete! It was short, but a blast and I got to teach youngest some of the rules of the road!!

I’m struggling with this right now as I try to research my latest podcast.

Super thankful Dr Ingo Heidbrink made sure to include a section in our museum studies class on checking the authenticity of Wikipedia entries. It has become increasingly relevant.

Scroll script containing “Pens and Needles” is on top of a fountain pen and ball of yarn with pins. Various books, scissors, yarn, and thread spools are in the background. “Pens and Needles” is written in small font at very top, and “Podcast for creatives at the bottom.

Podcast Update!

It is too difficult to get my 11yr old to finish a book, even when promised seat on my podcast.
SO, my next episode should be on the history of patterns, NOT my kid’s opinion on the Royal Diaries Isabel of Spain/Women During WWII/Nancy Drew and the Case of the Old Clock

I like it and it has its merit! It’s sometimes helpful to see the feedback in writing
And in context to the page. I think I prefer the audio format though, but transcripts would be helpful (and I can’t remember if y’all have them or not bc I haven’t needed them!)

Scheduling update: my office hour is going to be tomorrow afternoon, not today.