Mentoring a Realm Beyond My Own: Part Two: Characters and World Building As I stated previously, I am not a fantasy writer and don’t know much about world building. But I’m on a crash course of how-tos, quickly learning organization is the key. After scanning Nathan’s notes and seeing he had nearly completed…
At our Women Writing the West Conference I had the honor of rooming with a woman who has become a special friend, Betty Bauer. She released a children’s book last year entitled: Tamika and Friends. Betty is an amazing writer and dedicated woman to not only her stories, but also the youth who read them….
A journey mentoring an aspiring author for a high school senior project. Last spring my phone rang. On the other end came the voice of a young man I knew very well. He was a junior in high school, preparing for his senior project. Why was he calling me? “Hi, Carmen. This is Nathan. I’m…
Welcome to the Cowboys & Christmas Blog Tour! A kickoff of two new holiday romances by Shanna Hatfield and a fundraiser for the Justin Cowboy Crisis Fund Rodeo Romance Growing up on a farm twenty miles from the closest town, we generally took our excitement anywhere we could get it. Each summer, I…
What a Women Writing the West (WWW) conference we had this year in Golden, CO! I knew it was going to be a great conference when I walked into the hotel and was greeted by a life-sized Painted Pony. Yee Haw. My cowgirl boots busted into a line dance as the front desk attendant gave…
I’m sitting here at the airport in Spokane, WA. I really don’t care to fly. But I’m on my way to Golden, CO via Denver for the annual Women Writing the West conference; my tummy flutters and my nerves tingle. Yet, I’m excited because I’m pitching my latest manuscript to an editor. I met her…
This spring life for our family turned in events. Cody, my middle son called, announcing an opening for a high school teaching job in a nearby town and he put in for it. My pulse began to race. A smile spread across my face and my nerves twitched with excitement and concern because they would…
Welcome T. O. Stallings! T.O. Stallings has written a captivating novel called Faces in the Cistern which is fast paced narrative about the lives of certain people who live on an island known as Pelican Key, an imaginary island in the Florida Keys. The story begins with the island’s discovery by a band of pirates…
My heart aches to climb on my horse and go for a ride But I can’t lift the saddle and mostly have to lie on my side My arm on a pillow to reduce the swelling After five weeks I’m quite tired of my dwelling I feed twice a day and run my fingers…
The last colt I started from the ground up was when I was sixteen. I knew virtually nothing; just a handful of basics. My Arabian colt tuned out well, but thinking back, I wish I knew then what I have learned in the past 15 years. He could have stood quiet at a mail box!…
I truly believe in God’s timing. Seventeen years ago, my dream was to raise Paint horses. Flashy, colorful eye catchers. Funny how I started with two geldings. I eventually purchased a mare for my son and bred her to my geldings’ sire. Unfortunately we lost mare and foal during the birthing process. I won’t go…
This segment was originally designed to be a thrill for all horse lovers, especially those of us who thrive off riding horses, training, colt starting. I had plans to share my long awaited experience of starting my colt from birth to now––a first-time-this-way-experience for me. It will still involve horse talk, or course, but perhaps…
A Nature Walk With Jack Nisbet. Welcome back! This is the final segment of the Fur Trade Festival in Kettle Falls, WA at the Kettle Falls Historical Center. Naturalist and author Jack Nisbet led the students on the last session the kids experienced at the Fur Trade Festival. We met Mr. Nisbet last year at…
Welcome back! One of the most exciting activities the students were able to participate in at the Fur Trade Festival was rope making and cording. I know they had a blurb on fire starting with flint in the same session, but I had to walk away as I received a phone call from my daughter-in-law…
Welcome back! Today we are exploring various kinds of traps men used to trap animals for their furs to trade at the Hudson Bay Companyin the Kettle Falls Area. For those of you who are just joining in, here is the scoop on the Fur Trade Festival: Every year the Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area’s…
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