The life of a writer can be a bit busy.


So, Bolstered and Inspired by the whole "Julie & Julia" book and movie (I've watched twice so far), I've been rethinking the "Blog" thing. Don't get me wrong, I have done one blog per year for the past three years, and if nothing else this is my token blog for the year. Do I have any visions of grandeur of camera's following me around as I walk through a totem park, or try on Transformation Masks and describe what the "viewers" will be seeing, and a blockbuster movie about me, that say... Johnny Dep would LOVE to be in (I've found out that Johnny has recently visited my hometown of Klawock earlier this summer, and have seen the very totems in my "Legends in Wood, Stories of the Totems" book!!!!!)? I'm not sure, time will tell.


Being a Gemini my interests are Very diverse. The internal battle of what I should blog about has been the biggest hold back for me. A part of me says that my blog should consist of my books, for the eternal marketing process that writers in this day and age are required to participate in if they ever want to have readers. It was certainly a revelation to me when my first book "Legends..." came out; from that moment I was a poet become Salesman/Marketer/MySpace designer/Blogger/etc. And thanks to the suggestions from the "guerrilla marketing - for authors", I am now in the possession of a T-shirt with a big picture of "Legends..." with big bold letters of "ASK ME ABOUT MY NEW BOOK", which by the way has brought sales. Being naturally shy though, I do feel a bit conspicuous and WAY out of my comfort zone when wearing it. But, I have to get over all of those people looking at my chest, if I'm at a Native function, and am carrying around 100 books. (wearing the T-shirt in the picture)


Well, I don't have an Icon like Julia Child that I can blog about, and a deadline to finish "The Project." I am a writer who happens to be Native (Thlingit and Haida from SE Alaska to be precise), and not a Native Writer. It is a term that I've learned from the comedian Gabriel Iglesias, who said he was a comedian who happens to Mexican, not a Mexican Comedian. In the Encyclopedia of Time (which just came out this January 13th, 2009), in addition to my entries on: Chaco Canyon, Pueblo,Totems, and Tribal Calendars; there is a very exciting entry of: Myths of Creation or Creation, Myths of. This entry took me on an adventure throughout Creation Myths around the world and through Wagner's Ring Cycle, I loved it!!!


So, this is my blog, the journey of a writer (who happens to be from the Thlingit and Haida tribes of SE Alaska)


Have a Great Day,
Pamela