I would like to welcome friend and fellow Women Writing the West YA author Brigid Amos and A Fence Around Her. This story is transparent, authentic, and healing. A fantastic read for youth struggling with real family issues. It is evident Brigid’s research is exhaustive with clear descriptions of mining and Bodie, California. Her…
Welcome to Maria Inés, an aboriginal woman who struggles to survive while she reclaims her family, her faith, and her ancestral identity by Anne Schroeder. Today I have the pleasure of introducing award-winning author and Women Writing the West member Anne Schroeder and her novel Maria Inés. I find the Salinan people from the…
I was elated when Kelly Wurth asked me to review her book, combing for Native American authenticity. I’d met her during my first Women Writing the West conference three years ago in Kansas City, Missouri and knew she and I would become fast friends and fellow writing supporters. She is a class act and sweet…
Mary E. Trimble’s newest book, Sailing with Impunity, is another first-rate account of her travels. In her book, Tubob: Two Years in West Africa with the Peace Corps, Mary shares her experiences with Bruce, her newly married husband, in a third-world country. Mary’s second non-fiction book, Sailing with Impunity takes its readers on a 13,000-mile…
Welcome author and friend Paty Jager! I had the pleasure of meeting Paty four years ago in Clarkston, WA at a book signing and we’ve stayed in touch ever since. We have a common thread in our writing which includes Native Americans. She is specific to Nez Perce both from Idaho and Washington; I am…
Welcome Andrea Downing! What a remarkable woman. We met at Women Writing the West and I’ve come to adore Andrea as a fellow writer, author and lady. I asked Ms. Downing to share with us about her writing and research and this is her story… WRITING, RESEARCH AND ME As any author will tell you,…
What inspired you to write Capturing Christmas? A few years ago, I heard about a cowboy proposing to his sweetheart during a rodeo. Apparently, he had the announcer call her out to the middle of the arena between events. He gallantly dropped to his knee in the dirt and asked her to be his wife….
Let “er Buck! Have you attended the Pendleton Round-Up before in Pendleton, OR? This past week, my friend and western woman poet and author Kathy Moss, A.K. Moss, and I participated as vendors. What a ride! I attended the 100th anniversary round-up with my husband and father in 2010, and the Round-Up sure did…
Welcome Arletta Dawdy! I’m thrilled to have Arletta with us on the blog today. She’s a member of Women Writing the West and terrific author. CP: Tell us a little bit about yourself. Where you live, work, hobbies, etc. AD: Hello, Carmen and thank you for inviting me to your blog. I live in…
I met Mary Trimble a few years ago at the Women Writing the West conference in Kansas City, MO. What an honor to meet a lady with such an amazing past. Not only did Mary travel to Africa for two years and assist with the Peace Corps and write a memoir entitled Tubob, she has also…
Welcome to the Blog Tour! A celebration of two new sweet historical romances by Shanna Hatfield Today, anyone driving through Eastern Oregon on the freeway will travel right past a small city nestled in a beautiful valley. Many may not know that the town of Baker City, Oregon, was once referred to as the “Denver…
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…
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…
I would have never had the privilege of reading this book for youth if I would not have become a member of Women Writing the West and met Cynthia S. Becker in Kansas City, MO this fall at the annual conference. What a pleasure in meeting Cynthia Becker and discovering who Chipeta was and the…
Roni McFadden and I met through Women Writing the West (WWW) instantly forging a friendship. We were able to meet for the first time in Kansas City, MO for the WWW 2013 Conference. Both lovers of horses and a heart for Native Americans, we agreed that it is a shame that I live in Washington…
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