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July 2, 2018
Exploring Deadwood–Day 2
Day 2 Thursday Deadwood at 6 in the morning. As quiet as the name would suggest. I walked around the main street and got some great shots. It seemed the wild-and-wooly past was a little closer without the tourists and cars drowning it out. I gazed up at buildings that pioneers had looked at. I […]
June 14, 2018
Shameless Tourist Escapism in the Guise of Research–Deadwood Day 1
Recently, I attended Wild Deadwood Reads, an author/reader expo of sorts in Deadwood, South Dakota. In all my travels out West, I’ve never been to this area. Wow, I thought, what a great opportunity. I’ll invite my sister to come along. We’ll meet some people, make new friends, see a part of the country I […]
May 17, 2018
American Girls Have Always had a Rep
“We may destroy all the men in America, and we shall still have all we can do to defeat the women.” Lord Cornwallis, British general, and Washington’s nemesis. In the fall of 1878, Deborah Samson, at the fiery age of 18, enlisted in the Continental Army…as a man. Spending the next three years as Robert […]
May 14, 2018
The Secrets the San Juans Still Whisper
by Heather Blanton Originally appeared in Cowboy Kisses Most authors have an idea for a story FIRST then they go and research it. I did all the research for my best-selling novel A Lady in Defiance years before I ever imagined the saga of three good, Christian sisters taming a bawdy mining town. I still find the […]
April 7, 2018
I Don’t Pull Punches. Why You SHOULD (and SHOULDN’T) Sign Up for My Newsletter
Hey, have you signed up for my newsletter? Let me give it to you straight. Here’s why you SHOULD: Newsletter subscribers get Heather’s Haberdashery–ebook of loooong excerpts from SEVEN of my books Monthly newsletters with: Exclusive contests Fun giveaways Hints on my current work-in-progress Scene and story X-Rays A monthly profile of a REAL lady […]
April 3, 2018
Did I Tell You About the Time I Stole a Camel from an Army Base?
I’m Heather Blanton and I’ve been writing western romance with strong, sassy heroines for the last six years. Well, a lot longer than that actually but let’s not talk about high school and my story of the girl who, intent on rescuing her beloved from Indians, stole a camel from an army base. But I digress. Although you follow […]
February 19, 2018
New Release Embarrasses Author’s Teenage Children. Noooooo…
A lot of you know my newest release, Hell-Bent on Blessings, is based on the actual pioneer lady Harriet Pullen. She was one tough chick. While her life story took place in the Klondike, I relocated her to gold rush California to suit my fictional requirements and changed a few details about her, but basically, […]
February 13, 2018
She Was Really Hell-Bent on Blessings
Harriet Pullen was a real pioneer woman. Hell-Bent on Blessings is basically her story, though I changed a few things to fit my story requirements. Give a listen, if you would, to a brief snippet about this feisty lady’s do-or-die determination:
February 10, 2018
Navajo Girl Escapes Kidnappers. A True Lady in Defiance!
I read this story the other day and just had to share it with y’all. I so often focus on writing stories about historical women who did amazing things, overcame staggering odds, accomplished outstanding feats. But this gal? Wow. Here’s a hat-tip to Deanndra Yazzie, a nineteen-year-old Navajo girl who escaped kidnappers! Deanndra, you go, girl! […]
January 19, 2018
Bonus Content for Pre-Orders!
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