Tag Archives: stories of courage

Why I Write What I Write

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Carol Buchanan

I’ve been thinking for more than a year about why I’m driven to write about people in nineteenth-century Montana. Unlike some people who can drive straight to a conclusion, I have to mull, then tuck ideas away in my subconscious … Continue reading →

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On Being a Kindle Millionaire

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Carol Buchanan

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 →

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Martha McDowell — The Courage of Women

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Carol Buchanan

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 →

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Dr. Jerome Glick: Surgeon to Murderers

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Carol Buchanan

“Courageous people making tough choices to survive in the West.” That’s the theme of this blog, and there aren’t many more courageous people than Dr. Jerome Glick, surgeon to murderers. Maybe no one, unless it was his Vigilante friends, had … Continue reading →

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