I reconstructed the face of a 3000 year old Egyptian mummy for a museum last year. I made a mold of the sculpture and cast it in ceramic clay, but wasn't very happy with it so I made another one and finished it today. He'll be going to the museum to replace the other one, but he's been with me so long and has become so attached to my cats that the museum director may have to find him a cat. No one has come forward to identify the mummy. :-)Now I can really get back to writing.

Starting Over

It's been a long time since my last blog. I did more sculpting than writing in 2009, but it's time to jump-start my writing. I went to a writing workshop Saturday at Ball State sponsored by the Midwest Writers' Group. There were three intriguing presenters. Dr. Dennis Hensley, from Taylor University, was one of them. He was funny and inspiring, but dead serious about writing. I ordered some of his books from Amazon when I got home.

The second book in my forensic artist mystery series is almost finished and I'm quite anxious to finish it. I did co-edit an anthology written by members of the Speed City Chapter of Sisters in Crime called Bedlam at the Brickyard which is due out the first part of May, 2010. All the stories revolve around the Brickyard 400 while our first anthology, Racing Can Be Murder, released in 2007, revolves around the Indianapolis 500. I did manage a short story for Bedlam and it was totally out of my comfort zone--about a shape-shifter--but it was fun to write. Until next time........
Brenda