Western Fictioneers

Post (C) Doris McCraw aka Angela Raines Image (C) Doris McCraw As I ponder what I am going to write in this monthly post, my mind runs throu...

 Post by Doris McCraw writing as Angela Raines Why Blog? For most of us, we are more than half-way through the year. I like to take the time...

I had no idea that three days ago, Darryle would post about western films. But hey, it's a great subject. And I've always wondere...

Whether I’m writing a story set in 1880 Texas or turn-of-the-century Chicago, more often than not, mode of transportation pops up and gives ...

Research. It leads us down paths of new knowledge. It lures us to relinquish precious hours of writing time to pursue the tiniest piece...

In 1976 or thereabouts, I came across two advertisements in the back of a Louis L'Amour novel. You’ve seen them. They all look something...

Just finished reading fellow Western Fictioneer Larry Sweazy’s The Gila Wars, the (regrettably) last volume in his Josiah Wolfe Texas Ran...

Hi everyone! First, let me start off by saying that I'm giving away an e-copy of my book, FIRE EYES , today to one commenter! All yo...

I love research. Always have, always will... and I soak up lush, wonderful details in the westerns I've read. Most of them since D...