Archives for April, 2012
With a need to eat more wisely as I age, I spend a lot of time in the grocery store reading labels. While I have eliminated some foods from my shopping list that used to be standards, one staple I still insist on having is ketchup. However, when I realized how much sugar and salt [...]
What a wonderful guest. Miss Kat really has some interesting things to say. I folded each name up real careful like and put them in my ten gallon hat. The winner of MIDNIGHT SUN is…………. PATRICIA B. Woo-Hoo! I’m tickled pink for you, Patricia. Someone will contact you for your mailing particulars so keep [...]
Listed below are the upcoming releases from our talented writers here at Wildflower Junction. To purchase any of these fine books, just click on the book covers. And to learn more about the authors, click on thier names. THE LAST REAL COWBOY (Cadence Creek Cowboys) By Donna Alward From the moment he [...]
New York Times bestselling author K A T M A R T I N Historical Romance ·Contemporary · Romantic Suspense The cover of a novel is the single most important ingredient in the success or failure of a book. This isn’t something authors want to hear and it’s not always [...]
Quiz time! What was the leading industry in Texas at the turn of the 20th century? Oil? – No, that came later. Cattle? Cotton? The answer: Lumber. Lumber? Are you kidding? I live in Texas. There are no trees. Oh, we’ve got some scrubby little mesquite and an occasional oak, but nothing that this [...]
A big thank you to everyone who stopped by P&P to talk about books, western romance and ereaders. The winner of Brides of the West is . . . Rebecca Miller Congratulations, Rebecca. Send your mailing address to Victoria.Bylin@gmail.com, and I’ll get the book in the mail. I hope you enjoy the stories!
Hello Darlin’s, The Fillies will welcome Miss Kat Martin back on Saturday, April 28th. Miss Kat always knows how to show her readers a good time. She’s a dear talented lady full of interesting information. This time she’s here to tell us about the re-release of an earlier suspense. Midnight Sun is the title. [...]
I’m smack in the middle of a deadline race, so this blog is going to be on the short side. And it’s going to be about what we all love–books, reading and romance. Leave a comment, and I’ll add your name to the hat for a drawing for a copy of “Brides of the West,” [...]
Have you ever tried to write a dream sequence or a flashback in your novels? What did you think of it when you were finished? Were you happy with the end result, or did it leave you feeling a little flat when you read back over it? The school of thought on dreams and [...]
Good Evening! We had quite a turn out today on the blog, and I want to thank each and every one of you for coming here today and sharing your own stories with me — it’s been a very uplifting day. To pick the winners, I write each name on a sheet of paper and [...]
Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening! Thanks for joining me here today. Let me say upfront that I will be giving away a free book today — I’m experimenting with giving away ebooks — so far I haven’t figured it out, so I might still be giving away mass market books — but I will be giving away another [...]
Hi! Winnie Griggs here. A little over a week ago we marked the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. It got me to thinking about its most famous tie to the American west, the “Unsinkable Molly Brown”. The only things I knew about her were fuzzily remembered scenes from the movie so [...]
All this talk and hullabaloo about weddings makes me want to get married. But, guess I’ll have to rope myself a cowboy first. Hee-Hee! I put all the names in a jug and drew two of them. CINDY WOOLARD gets “Brides of the West” SHERRY ALLMAN wins “Wanted: A Family” Congratulations, ladies! No need for [...]
Today, we welcome author Robert Randisi. He writes western novels and detective thrillers. His publishing list is quite long. He’s graciously let us interview him. We hope you enjoy what he has to say. How did you start your writing career? I started reading in earnest when I was 10. Decided to write my [...]
The Fillies Welcome… Janet Dean I’m excited to hang out with the fillies and their terrific friends here at Petticoats & Pistols! This visit marks the release of my first novella and sixth Love Inspired Historical. Last Minute Bride, Brides of the West, is on bookstore and discount store shelves now. The [...]
Mr. Robert Randisi will be our guest on Sunday, April 22. This multi-talented man writes western fiction as well as detective books. And he seems to be making a good living doing it. He’ll tell us how he got started writing and the things he’s learned along the way. If you have a hankering [...]
In 1855 Congress tried an interesting experiment; they appropriated $30,000 to import camels to America to carry army equipment in the southwest and engage in military operations against the Indians. US Army Major Henry Wayne was sent overseas to purchase them. A year later he landed on the Texas coast in [...]
Hello darlings, Miss Janet Dean has boarded the stage and will arrive on Saturday, April 21. The dear lady has weddings on her mind. She’ll tell us about her own ceremony and also a little about her new anthology with Victoria Bylin and Pamela Nissen called BRIDES OF THE WEST. The title of Miss [...]
Follow the bouncing ball A couple of years ago I wrote a series of cozy mysteries for a special line my publisher was launching. They released, they conquered the world, they faded away. Now they’re back. That is all true except for the conquering part. They’re back, they’ve got new titles and a new author [...]
Thanks for joining me yesterday, y’all. Kathleen O’s name jumped right out of the Stetson. Kathleen, please e-mail me at tanhanson AT aol DOT com and I’ll zap over whichever two of my Hearts Crossing Ranch pdf’s you prefer.
On April 16, 1912, American aviator Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly across the English Channel….traveling from Dover to France in only 59 minutes. She was also the first woman ever licensed as a pilot in the United States. Sadly, her great accomplishment was swallowed by the horrifying news flashing around the world: [...]
The frontier army post must’ve been a busy place with soldiers coming and going, marching and saluting. But it wasn’t only men who lived on the post. There were officers’ wives and children. And a known fact is that up until 1878 the army hired laundresses, or washerwomen as some called them. They traveled [...]
In the late 1950’s, Helen Cordero was 45 years old, and the mother of six children. She and her cousin’s wife, Juanita, had been doing bead and leather work to sell to the tourists who came to Cochiti Pueblo, south of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Both women were skilled artisans, but the leather and beads [...]
All this talk about road trips makes me want to saddle up my mule Jasper and head out. Wonder what he’d think about that. Bet not much. He’s pretty lazy. I put all the names real neat like in my floppy old hat. The winner of The Lawman’s Surrender is……….. CANDY M Woo-Hoo! I’m [...]
Please welcome our special guest… Deb Mullins Many thanks to Petticoats and Pistols for their kindness in having me as a guest today. I’d like to talk about road trips. Have you ever been on one? Do you like them? Hate them? I tend to like them. The fun thing for me is [...]
