Going Beyond Google: Library Resources for Writers

By Suzanne Stauffer Last time, I mentioned City Business Directories, and promised to provide information about more reference resources that you can use to give authenticity to your work. These are not for historical fiction authors only. Authors of history and memoirs need historical information, but authors of contemporary fiction often need historical background toContinue reading "Going Beyond Google: Library Resources for Writers"

Who Are These People?

By Margaret Mizushima “We love your characters, we love your setting, we love your writing, but we don’t like your plot.” Years ago, these words came to me in an email from an editor who’d agreed to read my manuscript featuring Deputy Mattie Cobb, her K-9 partner Robo, and veterinarian Cole Walker. I’d spent yearsContinue reading "Who Are These People?"

New Release: “Peace Treaties and Shattered Hopes” by Bright and Schneider

Texas author Natalie Bright and German author Manuela Schneider co-authored historical fiction: Book Two in A NEW FATHERLAND series. By Natalie Bright Peace Treaties and Shattered Hopes follows the story of the Aldesverein, the Society for the Protection of German Immigrants in Texas. Formed in 1842, twenty-one German nobleman sponsored a mass emigration to TexasContinue reading "New Release: “Peace Treaties and Shattered Hopes” by Bright and Schneider"

What’s the Buzz? New Media Booth at the 2026 Conference!

2026 Women Writing the West conference attendees will have a new experience available: collaborating with WWW in a series of promotional videos starring… you! At this year’s event, there will be a table just for creating internal media production, hosted by Janelle Molony. She will be specifically collecting short sound and video bytes from guestsContinue reading "What’s the Buzz? New Media Booth at the 2026 Conference!"

New Release: “The Notorious Murder of Ellar Day” by Marcy S. Wood

Love was never meant to end in murder, but for Ellar Day it became her legacy. Set against the rugged beauty and hardship of an 1880s Colorado mining town, The Notorious Murder of Ellar Day is a meaningful reflection of love that dared to cross racial divides. Nineteen-year-old Ellar Day finds herself caught between theContinue reading "New Release: “The Notorious Murder of Ellar Day” by Marcy S. Wood"