Goodbyes Were Few

Setting Sun by Ann Edall-Robson When the sun was setting on the 2020 Women Writing the West Conference, the music played, and the accolades for this historic event started to roll in. Goodbyes were few, the memories are many, and “See you next time” reverberated from rooms across the land.  Whether you are a first-timeContinue reading "Goodbyes Were Few"

Memory Road

It’s Women Writing the West (WWW) conference month, and we would like to take a drive down the memory road.   Have you attended a WWW conference in years gone by? Sharing your memories might be just the thing to open up the memory vault for others. Anecdotes captured in the words you have writtenContinue reading "Memory Road"

Sara Dahmen is Hitting the Trail

In August 2017, Women Writing the West member, award-winning novelist, and coppersmith Sara Dahmen, accepted the invitation to volunteer as the WWW Blog Coordinator. During her tenure, she switched the hosting platform from Blogger to WordPress, which offers more customization features. However, for members who contributed to the Blogger platform, and for anyone who wantsContinue reading "Sara Dahmen is Hitting the Trail"

NEW RELEASE: Lillian’s Legacy by WWW Member Carmen Peone

Lillian Gardner, a healer in the making using natural medicines, is certain she is the black sheep of the family. In an attempt to prove she is of value, she sets off into the wilds of Eastern Washington and Indian Territory with Doctor Mali Maddox, an elderly Welsh female physician whose husband has recently passedContinue reading "NEW RELEASE: Lillian’s Legacy by WWW Member Carmen Peone"

New Release: ANSWER CREEK by WWW member Ashley Sweeney

Nineteen-year-old Ada Weeks confronts danger and calamity along the hazard-filled journey to California. After a fateful decision that delays the overlanders more than a month, she—along with eighty-one other members of the Donner Party—finds herself stranded at Truckee Lake on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, stuck there for the entirety of aContinue reading "New Release: ANSWER CREEK by WWW member Ashley Sweeney"

The Spanish Flu : Guest Post by Margaret Hanna

It began as a rumour. People overseas were dying of a new disease. No one gave it much thought. It was summer of 1918. Millions of young men had already died in the Great War. The death of a few more from disease seemed of little consequence. It wasn’t. The Spanish Flu exploded in NorthContinue reading "The Spanish Flu : Guest Post by Margaret Hanna"