Petticoats and Pistols is delighted to have Pamela Tracy ride back into the corral here at Wildflower Junction!
Please give her a big welcome!
She is giving away a digital copy of her newest release to one lucky person who comments. See below…
I’ve visited Petticoats and Pistols many times and am thrilled to be a guest today.
I’ve always wanted to be a writer. I’ve talked about my first attempts on other blogs, so I’ll tackle my college efforts today (I’ve tried to suppress the memory.) So far, I’ve hidden the dark truth. My first real attempt at plot, chapters, and black moment was science fiction <gasp>. Truly. When I was in college, I was enthralled by Douglas Adams and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Don’t see the movie. It REALLY doesn’t do the book justice. And, if you haven’t read the book, you’ll just be annoyed.) I was also big on Kurt Vonnegut. Yes, I know, what was a nice girl like me doing hanging around with Deadeye Dick.
Fast forward (years!) to marriage, kids, writing romance books. About 2008, I was happily writing suspense (and novellas and prayer books.) Then, the opportunity came to write a contemporary romance for Love Inspired. I thought, “Okay, I always wanted to do a prodigal son.” I put my H & H on a ranch and wallah, my first cowboy hero.
Since then, I’ve written quite a few. I can’t seem to stop.
I’m from Nebraska originally. I didn’t have a horse, but there were properties all around me and I used to go stand on the fences and feed grass to the horses. I asked every Christmas for a horse. My parents got me a bike. Okay, they tried. It did move when I said giddy-yup though I had to peddle instead of knee.
I worked on a farm one weekend and rode a horse that got spooked. We wound up in the middle of the cornfield. It’s hard to get off the horse with stalks off corn pressing in. Good thing I was a lot thinner then.
Me, I’m not a cowgirl, but I dated a cowboy in college. I knew he was a cowboy because he had a buckle, chewed, and never wore shorts. That was the 80’s. What can I say.
I do love going to the rodeo, though. I’ve been in Nebraska, Iowa, Arizona, and South Dakota. Always a spectator.
My niece, who does rodeo and WINS….
Oh, and I took riding lessons in my 30’s. I rarely fell off but then I also never rode a horse that went faster than a bike with a flat tire and brakes that were stuck in the STOP position.
My heroes and heroines, though, have all kinds of great. Guess they were born that way like my grandniece. She has the petticoat, just needs the pistol.
I’ve been writing now for seventeen years. And, I live in the third most populated city. Guess that’s why over and over I write about small towns, girls horses, and cowboys who know how to treat a lady right.
I’ve a new book out this month. It’s called the Bluebonnet Bride. It has a bullrider who isn’t looking for love, a business owner who’s fighting to put down roots, a ranch that needs a little tender loving care, and a small town that’s the right size for both of them. Ah, happily ever after…
Pamela Tracy is giving away a digital copy of her newest release, the Bluebonnet Bride to one lucky person who comments today!
To connect with Pamela or to find out more about this book and others, please visit her website: www.pamelatracy.com