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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. […]
Author Interview with Widow and Sons of Western Author Stephen Bly On June 9, 2011 award-winning western author Stephen Bly passed away due to a 5-year battle with prostate cancer. He had begun a new novel, Stuart Brannon’s Final Shot, part of his most well-known western book series. His family determined to finish it for […]
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 […]
Novel Interview by Connie Sue Larson* for Trails of Reba Cahill Series 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 […]
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, […]
Western Novel Hero Stuart Brannon Writes Again by Stephen Bly I began to think about my next western novel and sorted through some ideas. Then, I ordered a triple tall, iced espresso. That’s cold coffee with about ten times the caffeine content as regular coffee. No flavoring, milk, or anything added. A modern hyper drink. […]
WELCOME! CAN Scavenger Hunt on Stop #23 Janet Chester Bly blog! CAN SCAVENGER HUNT is now CLOSED! Grand Prize winner of 26 books was Mary McClellan of Kernersville, NC. A big congrats to Mary! Catch us on this CAN Scavenger Hunt beginning at July 17th, 12:01 a.m. CAN Scavenger Hunt participants must go through all 26 […]
Anne Perry Mysteries in a Victorian Garage A budding writer friend and I first encountered bestselling Anne Perry mysteries on an autumn day at a garage sale in southern California. Research and classic books had been advertised and we had to take a peek. We drove up a culdesac filled with blooming chrysanthemums to an old Victorian […]
New Novel Releases: Wind in the Wires by Janet Chester Bly, Book 1, Trails of Reba Cahill It’s 1991 in north central Idaho. A cowgirl searches for love and family. An old man seeks justice. They take a Model T journey together that reveals an eerie story of lies and betrayal. Will the truth be […]
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