Category Archives: Member News

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 turnContinueContinue 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 thatContinueContinue reading “New Release: “Lasting Promise” by Susanna Lane”

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 beenContinueContinue reading “Wintering with WWW: Lynn Downey”

Why I Volunteer for WWW

Women Writing the West has been around for 31 years, but I became a member just five years ago. The COVID lockdown gave me the impetus to finish my first book manuscript. I attended a Women in Publishing webinar and an agent said we should join writers’ organizations in our genre. Mine is history. IContinueContinue reading “Why I Volunteer for WWW”