National League of American Pen Women
I recently joined the Pen Women. It’s an interesting organization where (mostly) you need to have earned money from your artistic creations to join. Men can join; I forget the name they’re given.
Most of the women are advanced in years- I’m the youngest by a long shot. It was nice to show off my twins (pictures of my new daughter and copies of my new novel). We listened to a singer – songwriter talk about her journey with music and a couple of her original songs. She expressed interest in joining, and I really hope she does. She’s pretty interesting and I enjoyed her work.
At first I didn’t know there were three branches of Pen Women: Art, Letters, and Music. I qualify under letters as an author. I’m one of the few prose authors in the group qualified under letters. Most are poets and we have a few musicians and artists. They’re all distinguished women, however, and I appreciate spending time with them.
Does that make me distinguished by association? Now that’s an interesting thought.
Distinguised by association? Not exactly…distinguised in your own right! You have to be to qualify to join them, which you did. Hey, I know a distinguised author! 🙂
Okay, I REALLY can spell “distinguished”…it’s just too early in the morning for me… 😛