Heart-warming and at times hilarious Western adventures are juxtaposed with gritty and emotionally wrenching moments such as Custer’s 1868 attack on Chief Black Kettle’s Cheyenne camp at Washita.
The 2014 CHAUCER FIRST PLACE category winners will be recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Gala that will take place in September 2015. The CHAUCER 2014 Grand Prize winner will be announced at the Awards Gala.
Long’s gifted ear for the true vernacular of the time and his detailed descriptions of the Old West place the reader right in the middle of the action on a journey to the Civil War era and to the far-flung outposts of the Old West.
Cultures collide in this historical account of Egyptian camels coming to West Texas in the mid-1800s.
Congratulations to the CHAUCER Awards 2014 for Historical Novel Competition Finalists! They will compete for the coveted First-in-Category positions. We are now accepting entries for the Chaucer Awards 2015 Writing Competition until May 31, 2015.
Many know the story of how Jesus Christ came and founded Christianity through the death, resurrection, and crucifixion, but is there more to know and understand? Proculus, former Roman senator, seeks to create a unified Rome through the conversion of gentiles to Judaism. He gathers together Saul (later known as Paul), Maximus, and Curia to help him in this historical fiction tome.
In this workshop, Bernadette Pajer will share her hard-earned “aha” moment that led her to coin the term “Triggers” and will show how you can use this powerful tool to engage your readers and create a loyal readership.
As chapter one begins, Rasmussen takes us back to June 1865 when the Gold Rush was in full swing, as Captain Phillip La Mar, in the wheelhouse of his stern-wheel riverboat, Jupiter, enters the day's events in the logbook. His major concern is that three crewmen have cholera—the deadly scourge of the riverboats that ply the Missouri River, carrying freight and passengers destined for Fort Benton (Montana) and the goldfields beyond.
Congratulations to the 1st Place Category Winners of the 2013 Chaucer Awards for Historical Fiction. The Chaucer Awards is a division of Chanticleer Blue Ribbons writing competitions.
Oakley skillfully weaves this FDR era-history into a suspense-building story of love, forgiveness, and redemption in the North Cascades of the Pacific Northwest.