Thursday, September 18, 2025
Falling into Fall by Nancy M Bell
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Back Today by Janet Lane Walters #BWLAuthor #MFRWAuthor #Absence #Computer problem
I'm finally back on line. The computer was hacked along with a hundred thousand New Yorkers last Monday. Just received the computer back from the computer gurus. So this will be a short post.
I am gearing up for the release next month of the Horror Writer's Demise.
Though I didn't have the computer, I kept writing and have been working on my next book. At this point, a medical romance. Rough draft is done but now I need to make the story make sense. My roughdrafts are usually heavy on dialogue and light on setting and action.
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Oh you dirty rat, by J.C. Kavanagh
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The Twisted Climb - A Bright Darkness (Book 3) Best YA Book FINALIST at Critters Readers Poll 2022
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Saturday, September 13, 2025
History in the Footnotes
I love finding history in the footnotes of my research. Did you know that Native Americans have used a now disgraced symbol in their art? For the first peoples of the American southwest, the symbol is the whirlwind or whirling log. But with the rise of the Nazi party in Germany its benevolence turned deadly.
It is, of course, the swastika.
Realizing the growing threat to the world, four nations--the Hopi, Navajo, Apache and Papago decided to have a ceremony to renounce its use. In 1940, representatives signed a proclamation which read:
Because the above ornament which has been a symbol of friendship among our forefathers for many centuries has been desecrated recently by another nation of peoples,Therefore, it is resolved that henceforth from this date and forevermore our tribes renounce the use of the emblem commonly known as the swastika or flyfot on our blankets, baskets, art objects, sandpainting, and clothing.
Here is a photo of the event:
Did I use this in book 3 of my Navajo Code Talker Chronicles, All of Me? Of course I found a way to work it in!
Since then, some artists and craftspeople have reclaimed their ancient benevolent symbol, which exists in many cultures throughout the world. Others think it should stay buried, because of the trauma it engendered by the Nazis.
What do you think?
Friday, September 12, 2025
Home Sweet Homicide - but please don't try this in your own home

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