Category Arizona history

I HAD IT ALL WRONG!

September 21, 2014 · by · in About Writing, Arizona history, Living History, Living in the Past, Old west reenactors, Reenacting, Research, Uncategorized · 19 Comments

Sheer cliffs. Indians lined up at the ridgeline. Horses kicking up dust as they switchbacked down the steep sandstone slope. It was all wrong. I’m working on a new novel. I had written a scene that takes place in the winter of 1879 at the real-life site of the Ashurst family cabin. The Ashursts, an […]

The British are Coming!

July 19, 2014 · by · in About Writing, Arizona history, Civil War, Living History, Living in the Past, Reenacting, Reenactors UK, Research · 12 Comments

This month I’m celebrating the 4th of July by introducing you to an Old West reenactment group located in England. That’s right! While 238 years ago, the colonies and the British Empire went at it with muzzle-loaded muskets and flintlock pistols and quite a bit of animosity, nowadays the historical American West is popular in […]

Making Research Fun

June 24, 2014 · by · in About Writing, Arizona history, bosque redondo, cave creek museum, Living History, Living in the Past, phoenix mountain preserve, Reenacting, Research · 12 Comments

I strive to make my settings real, to pull a reader into a time long gone. Research is necessary to achieve historical authenticity, but that doesn’t have to mean hours in a dusty reference room, digging white-gloved hands into accession folders. Research can be fun! Yes, I did my time in libraries and university collections, […]

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