For the past couple of months I have been a frequent participant in the twitter-based Scribe Chat. During one of our discussions of writing craft, we hit upon the idea of creating a book club  which would focus on memoirs of the writing life and books on craft and technique. Lia Keyes, author and creator of Scribe Chat, and I selected Betsy Lerner's The Forest for the Trees as our first title and we'll be discussing it during this week's Scribe Chat on twitter.You're welcome to participate whether you've read the book or not. Topics will include the author-editor relationship, and the many types of writers.

If you've never participated in a twitter chat before, I recommend reading Twitter Chats for Writers: A Quick Guide to brush up on the basics. It's simple to participate, but chats tend of move quickly and it can be difficult for a first-timer to keep up. Luckily, the chat is recorded, so you can read the transcript later at your leisure. You do not need a twitter account to follow the chat, but you do need one if you wish to contribute to the conversation.

Use the hashtag #scribechat, or go directly through tweetchat.com to follow the chat, and join us from 6-7pm (EST) tomorrow night. I'll be leading the chat from the @editorialdept account, so please drop by and say hello.

After the chat, the discussion will move to our google email list. Here we can discuss the book with more than 140-character quips, and will get into a much deeper evaluation of the points of craft and style. We'll also use this list to solicit your feedback on which books we should read next, and will announce the next book soon. Hope to see you there!