Book Clubs, Conferences, and Book Signings
Where you meet the most fabulous people!
Bellingham, Washington Conference
Book Launch at Winston’s Grille – Raleigh, NC
Book Launch at Winston’s Grille in Raleigh, NC
Book Signing – Raleigh, NC
Raleigh, NC Book Club
Reading at Winston’s Grille – Raleigh, NC
Rocky Mount, NC Book Club
Village Books, Bellingham, Washington
With Diana Gabaldon, Historical Novel Society – Denver, Colorado
With George R.R. Martin, Historical Writers of America Conference – Bernalillo, New Mexico
Book Fair – Bellingham, Washington 1
Book Fair – Bellingham, Washington 2
Book Fair – Bellingham, Washington
Book reading – Asheville, NC
Chief Plenty Coups State Park, Montana
Gary and Kalen Johnson – Billings, Montana
Malaprop’s Book Signing and Benefit – Asheville, NC
Malaprop’s Bookstore – Asheville, NC
With A Martinez, aka Jacob Nighthorse
WWA Conference – Billings, Montana
Panel discussion for the television series Longmire
Novelist – Craig Johnson, Longmire Advisor – Marcus Red Thunder, Actor – A Martinez, moderator, Kirk Ellis Western Writers of America Conference – Billings, Montana
Research Trips
Beautiful Montana
Little Big Horn Re-enactment, Montana
Chief Plenty Coups State Park – Montana
Chief Plenty Coups State Park – WWA Conference
Chief Plenty Coups State Park tipi
Chief Plenty Coups State Park
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
Little Bighorn Battlefield_National Park Custer
Little Bighorn Battlefield_National Park
Montana scenery
The Southwest – we explored 900 miles in Arizona alone!
Arizona road
Arizona
Bernalillo, New Mexico
Exploring Verde Canyon
Research trip – Arizona 2
Research trip – Arizona
Research trip – Northern Arizona
Research trip – Sacramento, California
Research trip – Sante Fe, New Mexico Church
Research trip – Sante Fe, New Mexico
Sandia Mountains – Bernalillo, New Mexico
Sedona, Arizona
Verde Canyon Railroad
Where my Barons of industry, finance, and politics forge the future of California.
California Steam Navigation Co sign
Central Pacific Rail Road Depot Sign
Research trip – Historic Sacramento, California
Research trip – Historic Sacramento, Huntington & Hopkins Hardware Store Transcontinental Railroad tycoons, Collis P. Huntington and Mark Hopkins
Research trip – Sacramento, California
Sacramento, California bridge
Sacramento, California train
The towns my characters call home.
Firehouse – Nevada City, California
Gold Country covered bridge
Gold Country river
Gold Country
Holbrooke Hotel – Grass Valley, California
Horse-drawn fire engine
Miners Foundry – Nevada City, California
Nevada City, California
Nevada Theatre, Nevada City, California
Ott’s Assay Office, Nevada City
Research trip – Nevada City, California
Research trip – Nevada City
The National Hotel – Nevada City, California
The Red Castle – Nevada City, California
Virginia & Truckee Railroad
All aspects of California mining are central to my story
Bullion Room – Empire Mine
Empire Mine State Historic Park (1)
Empire Mine State Historic Park 2
Empire Mine State Historic Park 3
Empire Mine State Historic Park 4
Empire Mine State Historic Park
Giant Monitor – used at Malakoff Diggins
Headframe, Empire State Historic Park
History behind Hydraulic Mining
Hydraulic mining – the big gun monitor
Hydraulic mining monitor 2
Hydraulic mining monitor
Hydraulic mining, back in the day
Malakoff Diggins 2
Malakoff Diggins
model of Headframe
North Bloomfield, California
Pelton Wheel – North Star Mine
Research trip – outside of Marysville, California
Stamp Mill, Empire Mine (1)
Stamp Mill, Empire Mine
My Support Squad
#1 Fan
Bailey and Lola
Dad, My Beta Reader
My Heart -Kids and Grandkids
Newest Member – Amy
Newest Member – Gus
Sam and Dixie
The Old Guard
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