Writing Changes: a New Title coming, hopefully this fall.

An update for my many supporters and followers. The Bad news: I have used Blurb as my printer/publisher of choice for three of my fiction titles: Taken Beyond the Ohio—The Indian Captivity of Marie LeRoy and Barbara Leininger, Beetle—the Autobiography of a Virtual Girl, and Forbidden Games. All three titles have been well-received and reviewed. However, most of the sales have been through my own efforts and local contacts. Sales through Ingram have been disappointing. As a result, Blurb plans to remove these titles from the Ingram catalog sometime in June. I will be able to reinstate all three of these titles, but it does mean I have to do a better job of promoting. All are good reads, so if you have not read any of these, take a look and help by purchasing or recommending to others. You can find descriptions of all three titles below in earlier entries to this blog. The Good News: I have a new contemporary novel under contract with Headline Books. If you are wondering where my renewed interest in weaving came from, it is because part of my latest novel takes place on the Navajo Indian Reservation, or, as they prefer, the Dinéh or Diné Nation. It is a a murder mystery/thriller, but also, more important, a coming-of-age story about a teenage girl discovering a past she did not know about. I will share more information when we are closer to the publication date.

A third rug woven in the Navajo style

 In April I completed my third rug. It is the largest one I have attempted yet. The larger size and the need to put in the shuttle stick twice for each row of weft slowed me down. I also found the umbrella rib useful. This rug came out quite different. Still within the Navajo tradition, but unlike a
ny others I have seen. Still lots of mistakes, but the weaving is tighter and the lines sharper.

Running weft between the warps.

 

 

 

 

 

Rug complete and ready to come out of loom.

 

 

 

 

Memories. Linda and one-and-half year old Laura in Ruins Canyon in 1980.