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Finding Purpose in The Needle of Avocation by Mark Baker

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In this episode, I'm chatting with Mark Baker, author of The Needle of Avocation listed in the Textile Arts category on Art In Fiction.

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/BKX2HsA43_c

The genesis of The Needle of Avocation as the third book in the Cuthbert series

Creation of the "It" girl of the 8th century, the heroine of the first two novels in the series, led to the creation of her sister Hilda in The Needle of Avocation

Why embroidery as a basis for the novel and how it became both Hilda's shield and her refuge

The development of HIlda's character and the choices she must…

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