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Four-time winner of the coveted Western Writers of America Spur Award--for a novel, for poetry, and twice for short fiction --twice winner of the Westerners International Fred Olds Award for Poetry, winner of the Academy of Western Artists award for Best Poetry Book, and winner of a Western Fictioneers Peacemaker Award for a novel, Rod Miller is a versatile writer. His books include fiction, history, and poetry, his short stories and poems appear in several anthologies, and he writes for a number of Western magazines.

Born and raised in Utah, Miller is a graduate of Utah State University where he earned a degree in Journalism and rode bucking horses for the intercollegiate Rodeo Team. He works as an advertising agency copywriter and creative ...more

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Who is your favorite fictional couple, and why?

Rod Miller Capitalizing on the ambiguity of “fictional couple,” I’ll ignore romance and go with the prickly pair of Augustus McRae and Woodrow Call from Larry Mc…moreCapitalizing on the ambiguity of “fictional couple,” I’ll ignore romance and go with the prickly pair of Augustus McRae and Woodrow Call from Larry McMurtry’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Lonesome Dove.

Gus and Call share very little in terms of philosophy or personality, but their differences are in many ways complementary and add up to a combination that gets things done. The strength of their relationship is most evident after Gus’s death, when Call faces down every challenge to returns Gus’s whittled-up carcass to Texas for burial.

No kisses or hugs or even handshakes for this couple, but it’s a relationship stronger than the romantic kind.

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Rod Miller I don't know what writer's block is. For nearly forty years I have written advertising copy, a very deadline-driven career. When something has to be w…moreI don't know what writer's block is. For nearly forty years I have written advertising copy, a very deadline-driven career. When something has to be written, you write it. The same is true of writers who come up through journalism. The same applies whether I am writing fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or magazine articles--when there's writing to be done, you write. Writer's block, to my way of thinking, does not exist.(less)

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	John Muir: Magnificent Tramp 3.27 avg rating — 206 ratings — published 2005 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Assassination of Governor Boggs 3.17 avg rating — 23 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Massacre at Bear River 3.31 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Rawhide Robinson Rides the Tabby Trail: The True Tale of a Wild West CATastrophe 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Things A Cowboy Sees and other poems 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Just abrief reminder (for myself, as well as you) that I will be appearing withfriend and author Michael Norman on Rendezvous with a Writer Thursday, October 2, at 7:00 p.m.Mountain Time on LA Talk Radio. We’ll be talking with hosts BobbiJean and Jim Bell, and True West magazine film editor Henry Parke, aboutour new collection of Western stories, Shiny Spurs and Gold Medallions.

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