What else does one do when finished writing teen books? Create an exciting curriculum for the stories, of course! I have never been more impressed with the homeschool community than I am now. Over the winter, I created one literary guide, two workbooks, and re-vamped one guide on how youth can write fiction. What a…
Raised in Omak, WA, on the Colville Reservation is my True to Heart Trilogy cover model, Shayna (pronounced Shania) Ann Palmanteer. She is currently working on receiving her high school diploma after taking a couple of years off to work at the language house in Inchelium, WA and learning Salish––a young woman on a path to…
Happy New Year! 2018 sped past––fast and furious. With two book releases, Women Writing the West Presidency, weddings, babies, and the death of a family member right before Christmas, it all took its toll, both good and bad. Thank goodness for a new year! But I believe there is always hope during troubled times. …
When looking down from the top of the hill, horses and spectators look like dots, the water invites a quick swim on a hot day, and the sky is as blue as azure. In the staging area horses dance, their eyes and ears alert. Their hard muscles ripple in anticipation. Some rider-horse teams are quiet…
Me: Hey, all! I’m here with my first interview with my female hero, Miss Hannah Gardner, of my historical young adult novel, Hannah’s Journey. Welcome, Hannah! How are you? Hannah: Hello, Carmen. I am quite well. *She smiles and crosses her ankles.* Thank you for asking. Me: How’s training coming along? Hannah: Between my Auntie…
Native Americans originally traveled by shanks ponies–or on foot. Natives obtained their first horses from Spanish explorers in 1540. Some of those original horses escaped and turned wild and are now coined Mustangs. The first horse used by Natives, now having its own registry, is the American Indian Horse. Its ancestry consists of Spanish Barb,…
It’s a party and you’re invited! HANNAH’S JOURNEY is coming to stores and e-retailers October 1. Join Carmen on Tuesday, October 3rd at 5:00-7:00 (Pacific Standard Time) for a racin’ good time celebrating the book’s release. All you have to do is hop onto Facebook during those hours and post a few comments to enter the drawings! …
Happy Monday friends and readers! I’d like to introduce the Hannah’s Journey book cover to you. This is the second book of the Gardner Sibling Trilogy, a young adult story of one headstrong girl becoming a woman of character and vision. Hannah is Delbert’s older sister and was last seen in Heart of Passion as a five-year-old…
Our human minds are similar to equines in that we have two sides of the brain I like to call creative and critical. As a writer, there is the creative writing side and the cut-paste-transform side. Horses are much the same with the thinking and reacting sides of the brain. This is important to understand…
I hosted the 2nd Annual Cowgirls for Hope Retreat at my house the end of June. For years I talked about hosting an event like this. Then several years ago I met Melody Biehl in Spokane raising money for her non-profit Because There is Hope. A friendship sparked right away as we both strive to…
June is my favorite month. Cool air, sunshine, rain, heat, wind, thunder and lightning, flowers, all mixed into one glorious streak of days. It can be busy with graduations and for our family, birthdays and anniversaries. But this year, with goals, jobs and chores that include riding down a colt, polishing a manuscript, creating three…
I want to wish you all a Happy Almost Spring from my home to yours. As the daffodils peek their heads up toward the light and sun, dip their fingers into the fridge morning frost, they begin the first stages of coming back to life after a long winter’s sleep. I feel the…
I hate flying! But I pray, cowgirl-up and do it anyhow. Not long ago, I found myself sitting in the Spokane International Airport typing away on my laptop, working on my new book, keeping my attention on all things grounded. Like not flying. I was happy with what I’d been writing thus far when the…
Have you ever had opposing emotions? Or should I ask, how many opposing emotions do you have in any given day? I’m struggling with such an intense opposition my heart tugs and twist and yearns for a peace I just can’t seem to muster. Last year I started my 2-year-old gelding under saddle. I’ve studied…
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…
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