3 Ways To Know How Your Stick Floats

by Stephen Bly

A man from Bellevue, Washington wrote to me that he could recall his grandfather always saying, “Well, if that’s the way your stick floats.” He wondered where that came from.

 I wasn’t sure if it was a western-ism, but dug around until I found the source. 

A New Book For Kids: The Song of Pounce

The Song of Pounce

by Nita Berquist

Here's a new book for kids, written by a friend ... 

Can a really different outsider ever belong?

Life for Pounce is upside down. He is thrown away, cruelly treated; a housecat dishonored by people, chased by wild animals, and faced with strange adventures. 

Western Movies & Women's Wear

Movie: Shane

by Stephen Bly

The main drawback to some western movies is what I call "Shane's Disease." This is a cinematic illness that's non-fatal, but that weakens a tad an otherwise decent movie.

For instance, in a couple different scenes of Tom Selleck's Last Stand at Saber River, Lorraine Kidston (played well by Tracey Needham) wears pants. The movie is set in 1865, Arizona Territory. No lady of any standing would have dreamed of wearing pants.

TWICE A BRIDE novel by Mona Hodgson

Twice A Bride by Mona Hodgson

Love lost doesn't mean love lost forever.

Can unexpected romance deliver a second chance

for two deserving widows?

AFTER TWO WEBSITE CRASHES ...

 

After two Bly Books website crashes this last summer,

this site has finally been launched once again.

 

To celebrate, we're offering . . .

Stephen Bly's Western Movie Take on Shane

Stephen Bly (1944-2011)

by Stephen Bly 

 December 12, 2008

Janet went to the big city of Spokane for a few days to Christmas shop, so I caught up on watching western movies. I pulled out Last Stand at Saber River, a movie I watched once when it came out in 1997 on Turner Cable Television. Turner and AMC have kept the classic western genre alive over the years.

 

Change of Heart, Heart of Courage - Novels by Carmen Peone

I had the pleasure of meeting Carmen Peone at a recent booksigning at And Books Too! in Clarkston, Washington. She's at the left of the picture, with author Paty Jeger in the center and myself to the right. 

We also presented our books later that same day at a Cowgirl Rendezvous at Hell's Gate State Park and toured the decorated trailers of the gals of the Sisters On The Fly traveling group. Dinner and cowboy western music followed. Lots of fun. 

Here's some blurbs on Carmen Peone's books . . . .

Historical Romance Author Paty Jager

Recently I had the delight of meeting a couple regional writers, Carmen Peone (far left) and Paty Jager (center)  at a booksigning for And Books Too! in Clarkston, Washington, the weekend of the Lewiston, Idaho rodeo. Paty mentioned in her blog about how we also made our own mini writer's conference as the three of us discussed everything from promoting to how we came up with our ideas.

AUTHOR'S NOTES ON HIS MANUSCRIPT

Janet Chester Bly & Stephen Bly

Reading A Writer's Mind

by Janet Chester Bly

Copyright©2012

Author Stephen Bly, my late husband, wrote commentary to his fans about the books he wrote, even sometimes while he was writing them, as in these sidebar comments he made for Creede of Old Montana. To begin with, this novel was originally titled by him, The Lady Who Lingered Too Long. However, the publisher wanted a more western ring for their Bly customers, rather than an allusion to a romantic story. But this book's still a historical western romance by any other name.

MONA HODGSON'S book trailer for historical romance novel series

Mona Hodgson

Today Mona Hodgson, author of the Sinclair Sisters of Cripple Creek series, is celebrating the release of her very first series book trailer! 

The final book in this series, Twice a Bride, comes out on October 2, 2012, from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group.  

You can join Mona's celebration this week at http://monahodgson.wordpress.com/. "Congratulations on completing this wonderful series, Mona!"

Below is the book trailer for Twice A Bride by Mona Hodgson