New Release: “Lost and Broken Things” by Linda Sandifer

Set amid the wild beauty of Idaho’s backcountry, a young shepherdess and her "brother" desperately try to fight the odds when their future collides with the past. 1929. Fourteen-year-old Lily Statton and eleven-year-old Davy think it’s going to be just another summer herding the family’s sheep in the mountains. But things take an unexpected turnContinue reading "New Release: “Lost and Broken Things” by Linda Sandifer"

New Release: “Lasting Promise” by Susanna Lane

“Lasting Promise” is an emotionally charged and rich frontier romance that relates a story of love, trust, and resilience. Gus Quaid and Tori Barrett, had faced hardships in different ways and now, against the harsh landscape of the American plains, they must learn to trust each other. Beyond storytelling, it is a literary journey thatContinue reading "New Release: “Lasting Promise” by Susanna Lane"

DOWNING Journalism Award Celebrates 10 Years

By Linda Wommack, DOWNING Journalism Award Chair As we get ready to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Women Writing the West DOWNING Journalism Award, let's reflect on the past, the present and the future of the award. In 2016 Women Writing the West had two awards, the WILLA for literature and the LAURA forContinue reading "DOWNING Journalism Award Celebrates 10 Years"

Wintering with WWW: Lynn Downey

By Lynn Downey Works in Progress: Finding Women's Lives in the Archives Archives are not just collections of paper, photographs, and artifacts; not to me, at least. I’ve been an archivist and a historian for nearly forty years, and I never fail to find great stories in those files and boxes. One theme I’ve beenContinue reading "Wintering with WWW: Lynn Downey"