MakeWork Grant project begins!

It’s been a while since I’ve posted here, as I’ve been spending more of my social media time on Facebook. However, a few weeks ago, I was the lucky recipient of a MakeWork grant here in Chattanooga. This grant will enable me to work on a special edition of a novel I started this past summer. From the website here is the information on my project (http://makework.is/blog/single-post/makework-2012-announcement) :Sybil Baker
Literature
Special Edition of Novel Set in ChattanoogaSybil’s grant will focus on Replay, a novel based in Chattanooga. Inspired by Chekhov's "Three Sisters," the novel traces the stories of three sisters (a lawyer, a reporter, and a musician) in Chattanooga from 1999 to 2011. She will have a multimedia approach to her novel allowing readers to engage with the text in multiple ways. By providing a CD of local music with the novel and including photographs of different parts of Chattanooga, the novel will enable readers from all over the world to understand and appreciate Chattanooga on many levels.What this means is that for the next year or so, I will be taking photographs in Chattanooga as well as learning more about the local music scene, especially its relationship to Americana music. Over the next few weeks I will start my photography lessons, and I will share some photos on the blog.I’ll also be documenting my immersion in the local music scene and the recording of some local artists.