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- Buddies in the Saddle
- Craig Johnson, Award-winning Mystery Writer
- Craig Lancaster, Essayist and Novelist
- Mary E. Trimble
- Meridian Bridge — Troy D. Smith's blog "My Personal West"
- My Gold Rush Tales
- Self-Publishing Review
- The Bookstore in Dillon, MT
- The Entrepreneurial Author
- Western Writers of America
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Tag Archives: God’s Thunderbolt
Aftermath
Those of you who follow me on Facebook or Twitter may have noticed that my sister Marilyn died two weeks ago. We were never as close as some sisters are, given that she went away to college when I was … Continue reading
Beer and Vigilantes
The goldfields of Grasshopper Creek and Alder Gulch was incredibly hard labor. All up and down the 14 miles of Alder Gulch, thousands of men broke rock, smashed the pieces, and separated the gold. Their efforts paid off more or … Continue reading
Law and Vigilantes
The word “vigilante” arouses visions of mobs killing people because they muttered to themselves or were the wrong color. It conjures up images of witches screaming as they burn, or crosses aflame by night. It’s associated with the breakdown of … Continue reading
On Being a Kindle Millionaire
I’m not. Far from it. Every time I hear of another writer who sold a million ebooks on Kindle, I look to see how he or she did it, because I wonder why them and not me? Here’s what I’ve … Continue reading
Martha McDowell — The Courage of Women
Martha McDowell is an important character in both of my published novels, and in the next two also.* She makes me think about the courage of women, then and now. Are men and women’s courageous in different ways, do you … Continue reading
Posted in historical fiction of the West
Tagged Civil War, Dan Stark, frontier medicine, God's Thunderbolt, Gold Under Ice, Montana Vigilantes, stories of courage
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