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Into the West – The Real Story of Truckee’s Trail

Celia Hayes | February 24, 2010

Hardly anyone has ever heard of this particular party of men, women and children. They crossed the continent in 1844, and blazed a trail in the wilderness, being the first to bring wagons all the way to California. They walked nearly two thousand miles, across plain and desert, finally hauling their wagons up a sheer [...]

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Comancheria – Texas Rangers

Celia Hayes | February 2, 2010

In his one-volume history of Texas “Lone Star”, T.R.. Fehrenbach cites one particular reason for Texas having such a distinctive culture relative to the other states. There is a distinctly different “feel” to living here; of all the places in the States where I have lived or visited; only Utah and Hawaii came even close [...]

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Need a review of your book? August 27, 2010

I do read and write reviews well. Have for many years. If you answered my previous discussion, do not respond. I am not interested in nasty comments. Reply to this post. […]

historical ficton authors: what do you feel is your relationship with your main characters? August 25, 2010

I asked a playwright this question about a brilliant, insightful play he had written on Frederick the Great. He didn't answer me, but sent me a postcard of a Japanese Tori, a spirit gate. I often feel, when I write about an actual, historical person that I am merely serving as a gateway. Does anyone else share this feeling? Reply to this post. […]

what do you most like/ dislike in historical novels -- describe specifically August 24, 2010

What I carry away from a book is often a description of a place: Steven Saylor's streets of Rome, Dorothy Dunnet's Cypriot monastery with the floor a vivid, moving pattern in the penumbra -- myriad cats (amazing image!) in Race of Scorpions. Follet's fire that consumes the cathedral in Pillars of the Earth. Personally, I least like extensive, […]

Would you read a romance novel set in WWII? August 24, 2010

I want to write a romance that is set in the 1940s during WWII, but I have only found 3 publishers so far who would be willing to publish a novel set in that era. Is this time period not popular with readers? Reply to this post. […]

What do you most enjoy reading about on an author's blog? August 10, 2010

What features (ex. book reviews, interviews, videos, stories about the writing life) keep you coming back to the blog of a historical fiction author and recommending it to other readers? Reply to this post. […]

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This and That May 24th Update May 24, 2009

New member Mark MGinty has started a new review site, focusing on POD books - think of it as PODBRAM's little brother. It's called The Boogle, and it's here. Drop a line and let him know if you are game. Don't forget that PODBRAM is also available to review books, and so is the perennial favorite, Blogger News Network.New member John Manu […]

Celia Hayes

Mid-May Update May 16, 2009

Terrific, fantastic, wonderful news - our own founding member Jack Shackley's "Confederate War Bonnet" has been awarded the gold medal for historical/military fiction in the 2009 Independent Publisher Book Awards! That's the IPPY Awards, for those of us who speak cluent Acronymish. Yay, Jack! Yay, for Independent Publishing! And yay us .. […]

Celia Hayes

Word of Mouth April 12, 2009

Over and over, solo and chorus, I have been assured that word of mouth advertising is the very best, the ultimate platinum-standard when it comes to getting a product or a service out there; I even heard this, years before I even considered writing books. The CPA who does my taxes was referred to me by another client of his who coincidentally was a friend of […]

Celia Hayes

Sunday Afternoon at the Old German Free School March 21, 2009

So, ages ago, Karen M. who manages the speaker’s schedule for the German Texan Heritage Society emailed me to ask if I would like to come and do a talk about the history of the Adelsverein in Texas, and how I went about writing three historical novels based on those events – which are dramatic to the nth degree and which hardly anyone outside of Texas has ev […]

Celia Hayes

Spring has Sprung... March 21, 2009

And its all been very quiet out there for the last couple of weeks.... however, the following are noted:New Member John Manuel, who is a semi-retired graphics designer is offering to help members with page layouts. A sample of his work is available here. He may be contacted through the email address posted in the group files.Nan Hawthorne is channeling Maid […]

Celia Hayes

March Round-Up March 6, 2009

All right then - so that's my excuse and I am sticking to it.The most wonderful news for the IAG crew came from our fearless leader, Dianne Salerni, who uncorked the wonderful news that her novel "High Spirits" - and her follow-up-book have been purchased by publisher Sourcebooks,Inc ... and the film rights to High Spirits is also being negoti […]

Celia Hayes

Name On the Marquee in Lights! March 5, 2009

Perhaps not in lights, but it was definitely my name on the marquee in front of the Butt-Holdsworth Memorial Library in Kerrville last Saturday. Blondie took a picture, so we have the evidence. It seems that they like to do author talks on Saturday afternoons, and it would appear that Phillippa Gregory or Diana Galbadon already had busy schedules – so the li […]

Celia Hayes

Wild West Monday February 9, 2009

So a number of fans of Westerns are trying to raise interest in that particular genre, by mobilizing other fans, around the world to go into their local library or bookstore and ask for Westerns - any western, new, traditional or somewhere in between. More here, thanks to Gary Dobbs of "The Tainted Archive".Gary says, in part:"At the moment we […]

Celia Hayes

Weekly Update - 21 Jan January 21, 2009

OK, so it's the middle of the week, and I didn't do an update last week... I had one of the most awful colds/allergic reactions/flu imaginable, and my heart was seriously into nothing more energetic than crawling out of bed for a fresh cup of herb tea and some ibuprofin now and again. But I am feeling better now, so without farther ado -IAG member […]

Celia Hayes

Imagination and Will January 13, 2009

Sometime around the middle of the time my daughter and I lived in Athens, the Greek television network broadcast the whole series of Jewel in the Crown, and like public broadcasting in many places— strictly rationing their available funds— they did as they usually did with many worthy imported programs. Which is to say, not dubbed into Greek— which was expen […]

Celia Hayes

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