FINAL Cover for DYE, DYEING, DEAD

Dear friends,

Since I posted the cover of my new novella, things have changed a bit. I did a re-design ('cause I can!) and came up with something different. Since the whole point of the story is about natural dyeing with plants (and not just indigo), I decided to use one of my favorite photos on the front. Yes, those of you who have my little herb cookbooklet will notice it's the same photo, only Photoshopped to change the colors. :-)

http://bobbichukran.blogspot.com/p/new-dye-dyeing-dead.html

 

 

I'm happy to be able to "meld" or merge my two interests, finally! This new novella features Kendra Louise Harper, a Texas folklorist who studies the lore and legends of Texas, including the use of dye plants! My "Aunt Jewel" character, featured in several of my "Nameless, Texas" short stories (available individually on Amazon), is an avid (obsessed) gardener with a vintage house and huge old-fashioned garden. Sound familiar? :-)

Kendra has an interesting array of quirky friends who are into things like bookselling, quiltmaking and other fiber arts,  theatre, etc.

The book will be out mid-August, and I'll post the purchase link here then.

Until then,

Keep on diggin' and plantin'!

bobbi c.

New garden/fiber mystery coming in August--DYE, DYEING, DEAD

Dear friends,

Here is where I mix my "real" life and my professional life. The reason I haven't posted many pics of the house/garden recently is that I've been busy finishing the (hopefully) final version of my new novella---DYE, DYEING, DEAD.

This is actually a story I started eons ago and put aside for other projects. It's morphed into something similar, yet different, over the years. The main protagonist, Kendra Louise Harper, who is also featured in some of my other "Nameless, Texas" short stories, is a folklorist who researches and writes about Texas lore, legends and folklore.

In this story, she's helping her Aunt Jewel with an indigo dyeing workshop. In the past, I've designed and grown natural plant dye gardens, gave many how-to workshops and wrote several non-fiction books on the subject---Colors from Nature (published by Storey but now OOP) and Nature's Dyepot (published by Fiberworks Publications in Austin but now also OOP) under the name Bobbi A. McRae.

Once I decided that Kendra would be a folklorist (or she decided LOL), who lives with her Aunt Jewel, an avid gardener who gives garden workshops, it made sense to me to start off with this story.

Projected publication date is August, and I'll announce when it's available. It will be an e-book and perhaps even a paperbook.

Until then, happy trails!

bobbi c.