A Key to Finding New Readers

By Vicki Felmlee We all know readers are in libraries, book clubs, book stores, author signings and festivals, etc., but your readers are in other places as well. Where? Closer than you think. Many of us have read (or been advised) to set up a business entity as an important part of your writing career.Continue reading "A Key to Finding New Readers"

New Release: “With the Enduring Tides” by Jane Kirkpatrick

The Launch! How do I feel about this book being launched at last? Truth be told, it’s a relief. The joy and feelings of accomplishment will come later, when I’m meeting with readers, making presentations about the story, responding to reader questions of what was imagined and what was historical. Then it’ll feel real, likeContinue reading "New Release: “With the Enduring Tides” by Jane Kirkpatrick"

New Release: “The Vigilante Vixen and the Stranger in the Cliffs” by T. G. Partain

Pearl Hawthorne, the main character in the Vigilante Vixen series, is such fun to write. In this episode of Pearl’s life, she travels from Vernal, Utah, headed for Denver. In many ways, her life has been disastrous. Abandoned as a child by her mother, later “rescued” by her uncaring father, and blamed for her associationContinue reading "New Release: “The Vigilante Vixen and the Stranger in the Cliffs” by T. G. Partain"

Jacquelina Biggs King: Cherokee Woman Now Recognized in Arizona

Women Writing the West’s “Hottie Historian,” Janelle Molony, has recently brought long-overdue attention to Jacquelina "Lina" Biggs King, a Cherokee-descended Arizona pioneer interred in Phoenix’s oldest cemetery. Entrance to Phoenix's Pioneer & Military Memorial Park. (Janelle Molony 2026) Entrance to City Loosley Cemetery at the Pioneer & Military Memorial Park. (Janelle Molony 2026) This April,Continue reading "Jacquelina Biggs King: Cherokee Woman Now Recognized in Arizona"

New Release: “In the Scent of Horses, Hay, and Old Barns” by Pamela Galbreath

In early autumn 1958, thirty-two-year-old Eleanor Fracker Smith left her family roots in Massachusetts and moved to southeast Wyoming, holding to her life philosophy that “people can do without a lot of things, but no one should have to live without horses.”  Settling on the wind-swept prairie west of Laramie, Ellie bought horses she couldContinue reading "New Release: “In the Scent of Horses, Hay, and Old Barns” by Pamela Galbreath"