by Mary | Nov 18, 2016 | An Unremembered Life, Current events, Jane Dystel, What I'm working on now., Writer Tech
While working on each of my previous six novels, I assumed it was either the only or the last story I’d ever write. Even follow-on books like Children of God and Epitaph came as a surprise to me. So I’m amazed to find that I’ve begun to do the...
by Mary | Jan 31, 2016 | EPITAPH, Writer Tech
When developing a historical novel, I try to get a sense of what’s going on in the wider world that surrounds my story’s setting. War is always there in the background: impending wars, current wars, wars still haunting the dreams of veterans. But what else...
by Mary | Jun 6, 2015 | EPITAPH
Had to share this review of Epitaph for the Dallas Morning News by Allen Barra, the respected author of Inventing Wyatt Earp: his life and many legends. I may have the last sentence tattooed on my arm. Just kidding. I hate tattoos. But… Wow.
by Mary | Oct 14, 2012 | DOC, DOC on HBO, The Cure For Anger, What I'm working on now.
When I was writing Doc, I believed it would be a stand-alone historical novel like A Thread of Grace or Dreamers of the Day. I thought the story of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral was so well known, so much a part of American folklore, that there was no point in going...
by Mary | Oct 23, 2011 | DOC, The Cure For Anger, What I'm working on now.
… when a gentleman dressed as Doc Holliday or Wyatt Earp stops by to chat at my book table, it is a thrill. Yesterday, I spent seven hours in the bookstore and gift shop at the O.K. Corral, while hundreds of people shuffled through, buying souvenirs and tickets...
by Mary | Oct 17, 2011 | DOC, The Cure For Anger, What I'm working on now.
It was only 5 miles, an easy beginning while we got used to our horses and they got used to us. We rode through some high desert chapparal (see Carey Granger’s comment on the last post for a definition) and then through the set for Tombstone and several other...
