Merry meet all,

I know it seems the world has gone crazy right now. I just try my best to focus on the positive, or, should I say – paws-itive? Yes, I am referring to my adorable cat with a unrivaled penchant for mischief. She is so cute. She fills me with love. That is something that the world needs way more of right now, peace and love. It is out there. 

Today’s post will be on a very different topic than my other previous posts. Make yourself a coffee and keep reading! 

The amazing book How To Write and Sell True Crime by Gary Provost finally arrived in the mail. I love this book. It will certainly help me to write my nonfiction book about Ed Gein, the notorious serial killler. One thing that will be very different than the botched Netflix show about Ed Gein in my book is that I intend to adhere more closely to the facts. The Ed Gein show on Netflix veered so far from the truth of what really happened that it was not even funny. It was just strictly mindless entertainment. 

I am passionate about my book. I want to focus on Ed Gein’s mother, Augusta who is the biggest reason he went nuts. I believe that he was born with certain issues and his mother played a huge part in drawing out those mental health issues. She had several issues herself, such as the severe strict religious fanaticism and extremly biased notions of how people should and should not behave in their private lives and in public, what women should wear or not wear, makeup, etc. 

I have a lot of research to do to write my book. I have come up with a great title. That’s easy, what will be hard is writing the rest of the content. Nevertheless, I am up for the challenge. That and posting this here means I have to write it. I intend to. Thankfully, nonfiction research is my strength. I will wade deep into the research and I also plan to create a thorough list of all my research. 

The success of the botched Netflix show does prove there is an audience with interest in the Butcher of Plainfield. That is a positive. He was the most disturbed man I have ever heard of, next to Hannibal Lecter from Silence of the Lambs, which was inspired by Gein. Diving into that topic will probably give me a few nightmares as I write it. I am kinda fascinated at the same time. 

I know that the public knows what he did and why he committed those horrendous crimes. I likely need to be very specific in my approach. That is how you make a book stand out from other similar books. I have a few books about Ed Gein, including one by Harold Schechter who is an expert on Ed Gein. He is a great first step in research for my book. He is THE EXPERT on Ed Gein and probably the biggest competitor, but I admire Schechter. He is a great author. 

I enjoy writing nonfiction. It is in many ways much easier than writing fiction. Believe me, it’s true. Or at least, that is true for me. Bring the nightmares on! 

In other news, I am waiting for the renaissance sewing pattern to arrive via owl mail. I have a pattern, but it is the wrong size. I can’t wait to start sewing! I have the fabric for the peasant blouse and skirt, new cream-colored and brown bias tape, interfacing, ribbons for the bodice, lining material for the vest, threads and all my sewing tools. All I need is the pattern. I also want to get d-rings instead of setting in the eyelets the traditional way. I prefer using the d-rings because they are much easier. I have all that lace. I am sure I can make the outfit look beautiful. I can’t wait to sew it! I also want to wear the vest and the blouse with other outfits. I plan to sew the overskirt and add the lace to the whole overskirt. That will look amazing!

I found a bodice that I sewed from the original sewing pattern. It is worn out and old. I will toss it soon. It’s shown me how much I have improved in my sewing since sewing that bodice. I may or may not add boning to the bodice. I really could do without it. The bodices that I checked online at Holyclothing do not have boning. I want to feel comfortable in it, not gasping for air. Lol. The boning does give the bodice a shape and a structure. I will know how it wil go later. 

Sewing carefuly and slowly, and paying attention to all the details pays off, resulting in a beautiful garment. I also feel the same way about writing and revising. With hard work and attention, everything falls into place. 

Blessings, Spiderwitch