1988

This is a manuscript draft of Coyote Waits. The draft is 335 pages long and contains 24 chapters. There are a few editing marks.

This is not a full or formal draft, but is a collection of notes and assorted draft pages. The collection contains a plot synopsis, notes on plot ideas, to do lists for chapter revisions, and drafts of a couple of chapters of Coyote Waits.

This is an early draft of Coyote Waits, probably created in 1988. The draft is 151 pages long and contains very few editing marks, mostly just corrections to chapter titles.

This is the proposal for the novelCoyote Waits, it contains a plot summary for the story. On the first page Hillerman notes that this proposal caused some confusion as the story changed so much as it was written that when the editor wrote the jacket copy based on this proposal, Hillerman didn't recognize it.

This manuscript is a collection of notes, outlines and drafts of a few beginning chapters. There is also a transcript of a conversation discussing competitiveness between academics, instructions on how to save a file and a page outlining the development of Hillerman's plot ideas.

This manuscript is a collection of notes, articles and newspaper clippings along with a few assorted draft pages from Talking God. There is also a page of drawings created by Tsaile elementary school students of the mask featured in the book.

This is the first edited manuscript for Talking God. It contains the front matter, editing marks and comments from the editor as well as Hillerman's responses.

This is a typed draft of 257 pages that shows some light editing and correction by the author and editor. Temporary chapter headings have been written in as well as page numbers.