Monthly Archives: February 2013

AMERICAN INDIANS, DREAM CATCHERS: In fiction and fact

Posted on February 25, 2013 by veldabrotherton

If we aren’t careful when we write historical fiction, the characters come off stiff and boring. What’s the solution? Set them squarely down in the center of something that really happened. Study the way people acted and reacted in that … Continue reading →

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OUTLAWS, BLOOMERS AND PICTURE MAKERS

Posted on February 18, 2013 by veldabrotherton

In researching for Western Historical Novels, I’ve run across some strange historical facts. I thought I’d share a few of them here, and illustrate how some showed up in my romance novels. Frank James quoted Shakespeare, and he and brother … Continue reading →

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A SNAKE IN THE HOUSE

Posted on February 11, 2013 by veldabrotherton

When I read that February 10 began the year of the snake for the Chinese, I remembered the day I visited the snake house, kept by a local fella who shows his wide collection of live reptiles all over the … Continue reading →

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WHERE HISTORY LEADS US

Posted on February 5, 2013 by veldabrotherton

Since the late 1980s my path has led into the past. Not so much that I’d want to live there. I’d hate running to the outhouse, freezing my buns off at night when the fire went out, reading by lamplight … Continue reading →

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