Information About Needlework With Links To Published Portions

Needlework

A Novel

by

Julie Showalter

Julie Showalter

Julie Showalter was my much-beloved, fiercely smart, wickedly sexy wife, who died in 1999 from cancer diagnosed the week of our wedding nearly 20 years earlier. She was also a prize-winning writer.

This blog includes many other posts about her and the unlikely but true story of our romance (See Julie FAQ) as well as several of her short stories and other pieces. Most of Julie’s fully edited and buffed literary efforts are already available under the heading, Julie’s Writings, in “Categories.”

Unpublished Julie is a group of pieces I’ve found on her computer or in her office that range from workshop exercises to story fragments to projects set aside to finish at a later day to work that appears, at least to me, to be fully as polished and effective as her published stories.

Needlework, The Novel

Julie completed a novel, Needlework, by 1997 but was revising portions of it for some time afterward. I searched her files and compiled the latest versions I discovered.

I published the entire novel on the Heck of a Guy Blog, a chapter at a time in serial fashion, adding the final chapter (14) on 11 November 2007.

Published Sections Of Needlework

Opening & Prologue (Posted 04 August 2007)

Needlework by Julie Showalter: Chapter 1 (Posted 12 August 2007)

Needlework by Julie Showalter: Chapter 2 (Posted 18 August 2007)

Needlework by Julie Showalter: Chapter 3 (Posted 25 August 2007)

Needlework by Julie Showalter: Chapter 4 (Posted 1 September 2007)

Needlework by Julie Showalter: Chapter 5 (Posted 8 September 2007)

Needlework by Julie Showalter: Chapter 6 (Posted 16 September 2007)

Needlework by Julie Showalter: Chapter 7 (Posted 23 September 2007)

Needlework by Julie Showalter: Chapter 8 (Posted 30 September 2007)

Needlework by Julie Showalter: Chapter 9 (Posted 7 October 2007)

Needlework by Julie Showalter: Chapter 10 (Posted 14 October 2007)

Needlework by Julie Showalter: Chapter 11 (Posted 20 October 2007)

Needlework by Julie Showalter: Chapter 12 (Posted 27 October 2007)

Needlework by Julie Showalter: Chapter 13 (Posted 3 November 2007)

Needlework by Julie Showalter: Chapter 14 (Posted 11 November 2007)

Sections Of Needlework Currently Available As PDF Downloads

To download a PDF version of these sections of Needlework by Julie Showalter, right-click on the link to the desired section, and then choose “Save Link As … ” or “Save Target As …” from the context menu:

Needlework: Opening & Prologue - Download PDF

Needlework: Chapter 1 - Download PDF

Needlework: Chapter 2 - Download PDF

Needlework: Chapter 3 - Download PDF

Needlework: Chapter 4 - Download PDF

Needlework: Chapter 5 - Download PDF

Needlework: Chapter 6 - Download PDF

Needlework: Chapter 7 - Download PDF

Needlework: Chapter 8 - Download PDF

Needlework: Chapter 9 - Download PDF

Needlework: Chapter 10 - Download PDF

Needlework: Chapter 11 - Download PDF