Online interviews on the way.

TheInternet will be awash with writer Rod Miller in the weeks ahead.

First, tune in to Matthew Pizzolato’s DustyTrails and Tall Tales podcast Thursday, September 18, at 5:00 p.m. MountainTime (your time zone may vary). You’ll hear (and see) a panel discussion abouta recent anthology of short fiction, SilveradoPress Presents: Western Stories by Today’s Top Writers.

On the panel will be Jeff Mariotte, editor and publisher (as well as an author)of the anthology, contributing authors Del Howison and Kelli Fitzpatrick, andyours truly.

In addition to discussing the anthology, the conversation may range to what thevarious writers are up to, and maybe what we think about western books and movies.It’s anybody’s guess. My contribution to the anthology is a story titled “TheIncident Above Mentioned,” historical fiction about the beginning of The BlackHawk War in Utah in April of 1865.

Tune in (or log in) Thursday, September 18, at 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time for DustyTrails and Tall Tales.

Then, twoweeks later, listen to (and watch) LATalk Radio when hosts Bobbi Jean Bell and Jim Bell, with guest host HenryC. Parke, Film Editor for True West Magazine, will interview author MichaelNorman and me on the Rendezvous With AWriter broadcast. The topic of discussion will be our recently releasedcollection of award-winning short stories, ShinySpurs and Gold Medallions. The two-author collection includes storiesthat have won and been finalists for the Western Writers of America Spur Award,Will Rogers Award Medallions, the Western Fictioneers Peacemaker Award, andother recognition.

You can hear and see the interview live on Thursday, October 2, at 7:00 p.m.Mountain Time (again, your time zone may vary) at LA Talk Radio. The next day, the programwill appear on the RendezvousWith A Writer Facebook Page.

Tune in, log in, or link in to these interviews and discussions with Westernwriters for some thoughts about writing about the American West that may setyou to thinking.