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Writer Juice

11/25/2011

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Here are some of the photographs inspiring the rewrite of the last
100 pages of my novel. I needed courage and found it here.
My character Kashess and her baby Frank Tootabba Durham.
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The brush tepee she builds near the old sod-roofed hut at the ranch.
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The sacred Raft River Mountains where the novel ends.
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The sacred white-faced ibis of Northern Utah.
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And proving the vitality of black life in the white West,
Frank Durham's son rides rodeo in Pocatello, Idaho in the 1930s.
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Of course, these historical photos are not actually my characters. But I love the juice they inject in my soul! I needed to let go of the final sleepy 100 pages of my manuscript and start anew. These photographs gave me the courage to do it.By Christmas, I'll have a novel worthy of its Utah roots.

Thanks to the Columbia River Basin project for photos of the buckaroo Tracy Thompson.
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Mark link
11/25/2011 10:50:19 pm

Writer juice! I love it. I should figure out how to get a supply of the stuff on hand. Good workings, Barbara -- you go girl!
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