The past few months have been an absolute mad time!!!  Since my last post when I told you about walking into my home while it was being burglarized — well, that wasn’t the end of it!  After I had replaced my brand new laptop that was stolen — with a bigger and better model — I came home 1 week after it arrived to find my front door open and off its hinges.  I’d been robbed again!!!!  The cops believe it was the same bunch of creeps — they’d come back for my flat screen TV that they’d missed the 1st time and my new laptop.  So, now I have my 3rd new laptop, a brand new flat screen TV and a lovely new alarm system. 

I’m so thankful that long ago I’d gotten into the habit of saving my writing on my hard drive so none of my new work was lost. 

At my agent’s urging I have been working on a new project, developing the characters and plot line for a mystery series.  She wants me to not only keep my Native American themes, but also have my heroine be a singer in the “lady’s chorus” at the drum at powwows — boy — that’s a position I know very well — been there, done that, for many, many years.  So, after taking a few months off from writing, plotting and all of the quirky things necessary, I’m back at it and loving the agony and ecstacy of it all. 

This fall will also be a busy time for me in my studio.  I have been asked to paint the cover - front and back - for the National PowWow program.  National PowWow will be held next July in Danville, Indiana at the Hendricks County Fairgrounds.  Participants from all over the world are expected to come for the week-long event.  It will be fabulous!!

I hope you are all enjoying your summer — keep safe and don’t forget to use sunscreen. 

TTFN!