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Author Archives: Carol Buchanan
Technology and Story-Telling
Novel-writing bothers me, even though I’ve written three novels of my Vigilante Quartet and I’m working on the fourth. My problem with writing novels is that the chain of cause and effect is so linear. A causes B which leads … Continue reading
Exploring the Story Trail
In Twitter yesterday, March 6, #litchat writers discussed “Pantser or Plotter?” That question refers to whether writers develop an outline of a story before writing it, or write by the seat of their pants, i.e., wing it, dive in without … Continue reading
The Peculiar Worlds of Historical Fiction
It may not look like it, but writers of science fiction and historical fiction have a lot in common. We both have to create familiar worlds for readers who may be totally unfamiliar with the era and setting of our … Continue reading
A Pinch of Dust
My first ever Christmas story, “A Pinch of Dust,” is nearly ready. This is the story. It’s Christmas Eve 1864 in Montana Territory. When a young girl, the daughter of a gambler, begs Daniel Stark for “a pinch of dust,” … Continue reading
Posted in historical fiction of the West
Tagged Dan Stark, God's Thunderbolt, Gold, Gold Under Ice, Montana Vigilantes, The Devil in the Bottle
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The Montana Festival of the Book (October 4 – 6, 2012)
This annual celebration of literature typically has something for nearly everyone, and this year I met writers from as far away as Los Angeles and Chinook, MT, a distance greater in culture than in miles. The event had self-publishers like … Continue reading