Tag Archives: Joseph (Jack) Slade

The Montana Festival of the Book (October 4 – 6, 2012)

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Carol Buchanan

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 →

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The Hardest Book I’ve Written Yet

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Carol Buchanan

The Devil in the Bottle is done. It’s live on Amazon as of today, and it’s available on Kindle. It’s the hardest book I’ve ever written. It may be the most difficult book I’ll ever write, because this one comes … Continue reading →

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The Devil in the Bottle

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Carol Buchanan

For some time I’ve promised to publish Legal Tender, a new novel about Joseph A (Jack) Slade, in October. If any of you have been looking for it, I apologize. It obviously didn’t appear in October. Nor will it appear … Continue reading →

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Putting History in Historical Fiction

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Carol Buchanan

“Don’t let facts get in the way of the story.” I don’t know how many times I’ve been told that. As if history didn’t count, as if we could just ignore what happened on the grounds that “History is written … Continue reading →

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