By Eilene Lyon Back when I created my first blog on January 1, 2018, I’d heard that blogs were “on the way out.” (Haven’t we heard that about books—like, forever?) I’m happy to report that my posts are getting read as much as ever. If you have a website, you can likely include a blogContinueContinue reading “To Blog or Not to Blog”
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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.ContinueContinue 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, likeContinueContinue 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 associationContinueContinue reading “New Release: “The Vigilante Vixen and the Stranger in the Cliffs” by T. G. Partain”
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”
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