Monthly Archives: January 2012

A Visit from Velda Brotherton: Researching Stone Heart’s Woman

Posted on January 30, 2012 | 9 Comments

Velda Brotherton

I’m very pleased to have as my guest this month the very energetic and multi-talented Velda Brotherton.  I first encountered Velda through  Women Writing the West and was delighted to subsequently find that Velda and I are both being published  by the Cactus line of The Wild Rose Press.
While her forthcoming novel, Stone Heart’s Woman, is a western historical romance, Velda’s multi-faceted career includes both fiction (historical and contemporary) and non-fiction books, writing workshops and speaking engagements. Continue reading →

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Posted in Historical Novels, History of the West, Literature of the West, Western Romance Literature, Women writers

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The Coffee That Won the West

Posted on January 3, 2012 | 24 Comments

839,972 Pounds Roasted Daily

A few months back I was deeply engrossed in reading a number of cowboy memoirs of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, doing research for the historical western romance I was writing.  I was amused to discover the number of everyday products the men mentioned consistently, some of which have now gone from the shelves.  There was Sapolio soap powder, Eagle Brand milk (still going strong) and, as any western historian will know, Arbuckles’ for coffee.  Continue reading →

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Posted in 19th C., History of the West, Literature of the West

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