One Step Over the Border Cowboy Romance Comedy by Stephen Bly Limited Time Special! .99 cents (plus p&h) “Have you seen my Juanita?” That’s what rodeo cowboy Hap Bowman asks from Wyoming to the Mexican border. His rodeo partner, Laramie Majors, joins him in this comedy cowboy romance search. Hap becomes obsessed to find his […]
5 Reasons I Needed Fantastic Fiction Retreat After more than 120 published books–Stephen’s, mine, and ours–why would I need a fiction retreat? That’s what several folks asked me last weekend. A dozen fledgling as well as a few established writers attended the first annual Fantastic Fiction Retreat. Here’s why it was so important to me. […]
OLD WEST SAYINGS – A Wink and Nod by Stephen Bly One of the Old West sayings went, “A wink is as good as a nod to a blind mule.” In other words, if the mule is blind, no amount of motion would motivate him. You could stomp, wave your hands, flap your hat, or kick […]
Book Tour Launch! Book Tour Celebration for Down Squash Blossom Road, Book 2, Trails of Reba Cahill novel! Book tour info for Down Squash Blossom Road by Janet Chester Bly. Comment on blogs or attend events to be eligible for prizes or book giveaways.** Finally, the book tour with the completion of the story. Down Squash Blossom […]
FALL 2016 CHRISTIAN FICTION SCAVENGER HUNT NOW ENDED! … A WARM WESTERN WELCOME TO BLY BOOKS BLOG! 31 stops in the Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt. Those who went through each of them in order collected all the clues and entered to win one of three of grand prizes! Here’s the link to Stop #31, showing […]
Interview by Connie Sue Larson for Trails of Reba Cahill Novel Connie Sue: When you began this Trails of Reba Cahill series, did you have any idea how Reba’s story would begin and end? Along that same line, when you thought of Reba’s name many years ago, did you have any idea what her life […]
Two different attempts at finding reality in the Old West legends by National Geographic and Bill O’Reilly Is The Old West legends reference by National Geographic or Bill O’Reilly’s Legends and Lies written more for a popular audience only? Or can a serious researcher find value too? Do either of them get it right? Entertaining, […]
Research Methods and The Trails of Reba Cahill – Interview by Connie Sue Larson Connie Sue: What kinds of research methods did you use for Wind in the Wires? Janet Chester Bly: Research methods for Wind in the Wires involved quite an adventure for me when I took a trip by car alone from the […]
Character Names Interview with Janet Chester Bly by Connie Sue Larson How do you choose character names for your novels, such as in the Trails of Reba Cahill Series? In choosing character names, I knew the main female character for my first solo fiction series would be a cowgirl who worked on an Idaho […]
Ridin’ the Divide by Stephen Bly I thought I saw a coyote try to cut across my trail … A bag of bones, a pointed nose, a scrawny, matted tail. Most coyotes ain’t worth rememberin’ or wastin’ too much pity. But I hadn’t spied a civilized thing since I left El Paso City. […]
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