Pam Crooks's Blog, page 31
February 25, 2025
Mailing Children
I read an interesting question the other day — “When did it become illegal to mail children?” The answer is in June 1920. After that date you could no longer have your children delivered to relatives by the US Postal Service. The US Parcel Post Service began January 1, 1913, allowing rural communities to receive ... Read more
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Barbara Raymond You’re Kit Morgan’s Winner
Congratulations Barbara! You’ve won a free e-book copy of Miss Clementine, The Brides of Fiddler’s Gap, Book 11. Please email Kit at authorkitmorgan@gmail.com so she can get your ebook to you.
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February 24, 2025
Wells Fargo’s Wild West and a Give Away!
In my latest book, my little town of Fiddler’s Gap has been hankering for Wells Fargo to visit their tiny hamlet to see if Wells Fargo would set up a branch there. After all, when the frontier was as unpredictable as the weather, a lot of people entrusted their hard-earned money and valuables to Wells ... Read more
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February 23, 2025
Cowgirls in the Kitchen With Linda Broday
Hi everyone, ready to go to the kitchen? This new segment we’re doing feature recipes our mothers and grandmothers used to make. My mom married during the Depression and she talked a lot about not having exactly what a recipe called for and having to make do. Those were hard times but she lived through ... Read more
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Mary Connealy’s Winner
The winner of a signed copy of Whispers of Fortune is Mary Garback Mary, I will email you to get your mailing address.
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Janice Cole Hopkins Has a Winner!
Thank you so much for visiting, Miss Janice! Dime novels are really interesting in a historical sense. Now for the Drawing………… One commenter will win a copy of The Writer’s Rescue! And the lucky winner is ………… KARIN Woo-Hoo!!! I’m dancing a jig for you, Karin. Now watch for Miss Janice’s email and check Spam ... Read more
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February 21, 2025
Guest Author Janice Cole Hopkins and a Giveaway
Dime Novels Dime novels came on the scene in America around the time of the Civil War. By then, printing technology had advanced, so it became feasible to produce cheaper books to sell in larger quantities. New York publishing firm, Beadle and Adams, published the first ones, calling them “Beadle’s Dime Novels.” Because of this ... Read more
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February 19, 2025
Whispers of Fortune–writing a book–and a giveaway!
I’m doing a lot of thinking about what in the world makes a person write a book. It really is difficult to explain…even understand. It’s such a common question “How do you do it?” And, it’s sub-question, “I want to do it.” The thing is, I’m not sure why I write books, or how, it’s ... Read more
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Congrats to Shanna’s Winner
A big congratulations to Sarah Gunter, the winner in Shanna’s giveaway! And thank you for all who entered. You are much appreciated!
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Janice Cole Hopkins Will Be Our Guest Friday!
This Friday, February 22, 2025, Miss Janice Cole Hopkins will return to our guest spot! Yee-Haw! How much do you know about dime novels? I find them very intriguing. They were snidely referred to as “penny dreadfuls.” You’ll find Miss Janice’s post very interesting. Plus, she has a new book called The Writer’s Rescue. She’s ... Read more
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