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The next Dry Creek

My next Dry Creek story is half of a book called Small Town Brides. Debra Clopton, the author of the Mule Hollow books set in Texas, and I were talking at a Romance Writer's convention a year or so ago because we had noticed that we share a lot of the same readers. So, thinking those readers would enjoy it, we proposed to the Love Inspired editors that we do a 2-in-1 book with two novellas, one set in Dry Creek and one set in Mule Hollow. The editors loved it and I think you will too.

We took two

Last chance for cowboys

Welcome to the Dry Creek blog. We're discussing what kind of books to do next in the series and the cowboys out at the Elkton Ranch are gathering alot of attention. You may remember them in the bunkhouse from the book, Dry Creek Christmas. They hadn't done much for Christmas, as is their usual, but since they had company that year they really decked out their tree. I'm leaning toward the cowboys finding romance with some women from back east. Now why would eastern women be coming to Dry Creek? [image error]

Time to Vote

Welcome to Dry Creek. Now's the time to make your voice heard. I am thinking about what stories to add next to the Dry Creek line-up and I'd value your input. I could do some books centered around the Elkton Ranch (a big ranch with cowboys that has been featured in some of the older Dry Creek books). Or I could add a Hutterite colony near Dry Creek. For those of you not familiar with the Hutterites, they are similar to the Amish people (see photo above). There are over a dozen colonies in Montan

Touching letters from readers

I have a book out this month in my other series
(the non-Dry Creek one).

I was delighted when Romantic Times called my ‘Dropped Stitches Wedding’ a ‘joyous conclusion’ to the Sisterhood of the Dropped Stitches series. Each of the books has received a 4 or a 4 1/2 rating from the reviewers at RT. Those of you who have read the books know they are the story of four young cancer survivors who are taking back their lives once they are free of cancer.

This is a series that has constantly surprised me.

The Day a Limousine Came to Dry Creek

Welcome to the Dry Creek blog.

'A Hero for Dry Creek' is one of the only books I have written where the idea came to me with an initial scene. I couldn't get the picture out of my mind of a farm woman looking out her kitchen window and seeing a long, stretch limo in her driveway. The farm women I know wouldn't find anything more shocking! They have cows in their driveways, stalled pick-ups, and any number of other things, but limousinses don't come to farm country. What would a woman think, I ask

Sitting Around the Potbellied Stove

Welcome to the Dry Creek blog. One of the truly fine things about a place like the town of Dry Creek is that there's time in the day for people to talk to each other. A Montana winter can be chilly so there's no better place for that talking to take place than beside the warmth of a potbellied stove. In almost all of my Dry Creek books, I have a group of older men who sit around the stove and talk about what's going on. Potbelly stoves have a long history in Montana winters. Many old schoolhou

Everyone can't live in Dry Creek

Thanks for visiting the Dry Creek blog. As you know, Dry Creek is a small town in rural Montana where the sky is big and the people are scarce. I grew up in a town like that (our whole zip code still only has 783 people in it - that's men, women, and children). But I currently live in Pasadena, which is right next to Los Angeles. My whole life has been a push and pull between the country and the city.

So, it's not surprising that my Other Series (the one that is not Dry Creek) is set smack in th

Mrs. Hargrove's Apron

Welcome to the fictitious world of Dry Creek, Montana. I'll be talking about the books in this series and looking forward to hearing your thoughts on the same.Today, I'm posting about aprons. Something about an apron symbolizes the old-fashioned life in this small town.The first scene in A Dry Creek Courtship shows Mrs. Hargrove with a letter in the pocket of her apron -- a letter she can't believe she's received and that she wants to hide from everyone. What is a better place to hide it than in

Thoughts on Historical Series

I'm currently at work on a follow-up novella to Calico Christmas at Dry Creek -- the story of Virginia and Colter. Several of you have emailed and asked if I was going to do the story of these two so I am glad to tell you I am writing away. The novella will come out during Christmas 09. My hope is that I will be able to write a series of historical books to match the contemporary Dry Creek books. If you have any thoughts or questions on the historical Dry Creek books, just post them here.[image error]