Weird. I wrote a first draft fictional story for Write Stuff1 based on actual events. The working title is Career Mistake and relates a story about a civil rights attorney defending Native Americans in the 1970s.
So this morning I just heard Daniel Kraker’s report on NPR’s Morning Edition: Navajos Protest Violence Against Tribe.
September 12, 2006 · The Navajo Nation is concerned about three recent incidences of violence against Navajos in Farmington, N.M. The Navajo community is rallying to draw attention to the problem.
Woah. I thought I had picked an obscure subject matter; you know, not like newspaper headline story.
NOTES:
1) Write Stuff, accessed April 9, 2009, http://www.take2max.com/writing/ (page no longer available, web site deactivated. Write Stuff published blog posts from 2006 to 2008. Write Stuff moved Write Anything, https://writeanything.wordpress.com/)
Coffeehouse Junkie 