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”
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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”
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”
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