Stuart Brannon Character Interview I thought Stuart Brannon fans would enjoy some character interview questions. Devised these while my three sons and I finished Stephen Bly’s last novel, Stuart Brannon’s Final Shot. Stuart Brannon is the main protagonist and western hero of the The Stuart Brannon Western Series. In addition, he also appears in or has […]
Now you can purchase Gift Certificates for Bly Books … for the men, the women, or kids on your list. For birthdays, holidays, and other special events. Three different amounts offered. Gift Certificates will be attached to an email for a one-time printout to send to the recipient of your choice. They can be redeemed […]
Five Christmas Tips To Celebrate Christmas Like The Shepherds Did by Stephen & Janet Bly Here’s Christmas tips taken from Luke 2:8-20 . . . Christmas Tips #1: Get busy. Do your job. Like the shepherds guarding their flocks in their field , complete the next thing appointed to get done. God may surprise you […]
For Homeschool Moms & Other Parents Janet’s granddaughter, Miranda, insisted she could find stories in the forest one day. Janet spied a glory hole that caused her to think about and turn to God. Children have a keen sense of wonder and so do new believers. Adversity sometimes steals wonder awareness. Or the culprit may […]
Western Heroes – Stuart Brannon Factoids & Quotes Stuart Brannon, one of the fiction western heroes in the Stephen Bly western book series, was a western philosopher of sorts. Before he adopted 12-year-old Littlefoot Brannon in 1888, he lost his wife on Christmas Day 1875 in childbirth. The baby boy died too. A year later […]
First Draft Synopsis of Stuart Brannon’s Final Shot, Book 7 of Western Book Series by coauthor Janet Chester Bly My three sons and I began July 1st, 2011. We had four months to complete the novel, Stuart Brannon’s Final Shot, the last in the Stuart Brannon western book series. Though we had offers of […]
Narcissa Kinney: The Heroine Legend Behind Stuart Brannon’s Final Shot by Janet Chester Bly Most of Stuart Brannon’s Final Shot happens around Gearhart, Oregon in 1905. The railroad opened up more tourists for this seacoast village, tucked between crashing surf and Pacific forests. One of its most prominent citizens, Narcissa Kinney (1851-1901), serves as a […]
RAZOR CLAM CHOWDER & BEAR STEAK RECIPES In Stuart Brannon’s Final Shot, Brannon is forced by his friend, Lady Harriet Reed-Fletcher, to do a bit of razor clamming. Then she makes him promise to try eating at least one bite of razor clams fixed in various dishes: a plain clam dip, a smoked clam dip, […]
Stuart Brannon’s Final Shot by Stephen Bly & Janet Chester Bly … the early 1900s research When my three sons and I determined to finish the novel my late husband Stephen Bly began, we had quite a challenge. Could a committee create fiction? We had the passion to find out. And that required extensive research […]
Casting Characters by Auditions, Creating the Story World for Stuart Brannon’s Final Shot … by Stephen Bly with Janet Chester Bly The call for casting characters for the fiction project, Stuart Brannon’s Final Shot, came as a fun challenge to me and my three sons. My husband, award-winning western author Stephen Bly, dictated these sketchy notes […]
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