Um...I'm still trying to get past the first sentence. It's an "alternative Earth crochet-related mystery"?I was so puzzled by this little blurb that I went ahead and read the interview, which basically is this quote and that it's written in the fashion of daytime soaps.Who is the target market for this? LOL

I heard about this years ago, but have never read it. I guess somebody besides the author gets a kick out of it.It isn't hard to believe it's real, it's harder to believe that it's been around as long as it has and that somebody wrote a story about it.

Sounds like someone wrote a story about something they like, negating all the important aspects of writing, including "writing for an audience." To me, it SOUNDS like someone who likes crochet and has tried to spin a tail around it, rather than the other way around. Doesn't really make for interesting reading. I love crocheting, but I'm not going to pick up a book just because it involves crochet in some way. There has to be a more authentic reason behind it than that.

All I can think to say is "What?"

She has segments 1-33 posted here: http://www.writing.com/main/view_item/user_id/pjune/action/table_of_contents. I skimmed a few, and from what I could bear to read, it seems to be about a woman who hides her crochet hobby from her husband by doing it at night after he's asleep.

Weird.

*blink*

From the material at the writing.com link ..."She sighed, thinking, mission accomplished! Another successful night. Tom had no idea of her unfaithful thoughts about her passion for another or the crochet dreams that filled her sleeping hours. "All I gotta say is that the whole Internet/self-publishing thing has done fascinating things for the writing field. I hate to be critical, as I attempt writing myself... but I tend to agree with Amie's comment above that this lacks a sense of audience.Off to do some scandalous late-night 'hooking' ...:)

I remember saying to myself "Hmmm, what's a craft that I can take up that would have the least amount of stress and take me away from the drama of every day life?"Thanks author P. June Diehl. Thanks for showing me that even crochet can be turned into a soapy mess.

Things that make you go Hmmmmh...

I still want to read it!!! Sounds like fun and lets face it, you can never read enough!!!

I Hooked by NightThat'll land you in jail in most places...

Hi,I found this blog entry by accident. I'm the author of I HOOK BY NIGHT - A CROCHET SOAP. I'm surprised to find that anyone might discuss this subject. LOL! Yes, some of the early drafts are posted at writing.com. :)This is NOT a book, just segments of a story I had started several years ago. And, yes, I'm a crocheter (love to make baby things and it's a good way to relax).BTW, the quote here is part of an interview for my nonfiction book coming out in November 2005 (which doesn't have anything to do with crochet).Audience - mostly crochet lovers...I agree with the statment that self-publishing (which I've never done - at least not yet!) has changed the world of the writer and to some extent, publishing.I'm amused that this quote generated a discussion.Take care!June

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