Lost and Found in Camden

 

Once upon a time, long ago (mid 1990s) there were 11 women writers from all over the world.

• U.K.
• Germany
• Australia (temporarily)
• Switzerland
• Israel

They had found each other through the International Women's Writing Guild. Unlike U.S. members, who could meet face-to-face, geography kept them apart, but the new e-mail allowed them to connect with one another.

They bonded quickly sharing writing and bits of their lives: jobs, marriages, moves, international adoptions, etc. on top of discussions of their writing.

Lost in time is the memory of how they decided to do an anthology of short stories. One of them had the idea to make them interlocking stories.

Emails flew back and forth until Camden Market was decided. The time? A hot weekend in August. One of the members took photos to share when they began. It would have been easy had the internet been invented, but old-fashioned prints worked.

Then each of them needed to create a character. Lists were examined and they all chose at least one or more characters from the other writer's lists.

• We wrote
• We exchanged stories
• We rewrote
• We edited
  

One of them assumed responsibility for cover design and making it available on Amazon. It took time, but in February 2014, the book was born.

To order a copy Amazon.com Books, Lost In Camden. There's a sample story. US$ 4.99 Kindle and US$14.71 paperback. Profits will go to a German Cancer Aid.

Decades after the first contacts, the members of the group are still in touch. Maybe, just maybe someday we'll meet.