By Melissa L. Sevigny Recently, a reader asked how I got access to the archives I used to write my book, Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon. “I walked in,” I said. Often, it’s as easy as that—walking in the door of aContinue reading "Hidden Stories of the West"
Thirst
By Kathryn Wilder Last spring my beloved grulla mare, Savanna, gave birth to a little grulla filly, who died at three days old. My heart cracked like the dry earth around us, while like the skies I barely cried. Even watching Savanna drip milk tears onto the ground, I felt all dried up inside. AContinue reading "Thirst"
To Be Published…Soon
By Nicki Ehrlich and Joyce Sherry All through her school years, Nicki read, and Nicki wrote. She wrote essays, she wrote poetry, she wrote songs. She finally wrote a novel. It remains in a drawer. Sometimes it kicks and screams, trying to get out. Sometimes it finds patience and waits. It’s a good story, butContinue reading "To Be Published…Soon"
The Divine Nudge
How an Unexpected Encounter Shaped My Narrative By Kate Hamberger Yakis In September of 2024, two months after my memoir Dances with Fire: Lessons in Life, Faith & Firefighting was published, I met New York Times best-selling author Jane Kirkpatrick, a founding member of WWW. Jane has written 41 books and won at least 8Continue reading "The Divine Nudge"
Writing from the Land panel
As writers telling the stories of women in the West, whether real or imagined, whether set in the past, present, or future, we are inevitably writing from the land. More than any region in the country, the West is shaped by the physical factors of topography, weather, and the plants and animals whose lives colorContinue reading "Writing from the Land panel"
Homespun Marketing: What Worked and What Didn’t
By Candace Simar and Krista Soukup In 2009, Candace Simar finally reached her dream of publishing Abercrombie Trail, a historical novel about the U.S./Dakota War of 1862. To her dismay, the small press did little to nothing to promote her book. Worse yet, she was under contract to publish two more books in the series.Continue reading "Homespun Marketing: What Worked and What Didn’t"
