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 associationContinueContinue reading “New Release: “The Vigilante Vixen and the Stranger in the Cliffs” by T. G. Partain”
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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 couldContinueContinue reading “New Release: “In the Scent of Horses, Hay, and Old Barns” by Pamela Galbreath”
Juneteenth: A Bibliography
Juneteenth: a few references on the Black experience in the American West By Leslie Budewitz (Originally published June 19, 2025, on the author’s blog) Juneteenth—the commemoration of the day news of the end of slavery reached Galveston, Texas—is a day to celebrate Black history in the United States. And while we often think of historyContinueContinue reading “Juneteenth: A Bibliography”
Primary Sources: Not Just for Fact-Finding
By Sheila Quinn Charming, But Insufficient Many of us are inspired to write family stories. Motivated by duty, nostalgia, or a desire to set the record straight, we feel set about recording the history of our ancestors. I inherited suitcases full of photographs, letters, maps, receipts, and even locks of hair from three generations ofContinueContinue reading “Primary Sources: Not Just for Fact-Finding”
New Release: “Crime on the Coast” by Marty Eberhardt
In this third mystery of the Bea Rivers series, Bea travels from the Sonoran Desert in full bloom to coastal California, where she has been invited to a small botanical garden conference in exclusive La Jolla. After a tense evening meal, the host director falls from 300-foot cliffs to the beach below. The police declareContinueContinue reading “New Release: “Crime on the Coast” by Marty Eberhardt”
Wintering with WWW: Eilene Lyon
By Eilene Lyon What Lies Beneath Colorado: Researching and Writing a Nonfiction Book in 13 Months Serendipity. As I was wrapping up the final draft of my first book, my publisher put out a call for Colorado authors to write a book in the What Lies Beneath series about pioneer cemeteries in my home state.ContinueContinue reading “Wintering with WWW: Eilene Lyon”
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