How to Write the Skeletons in Your Closet

On Saturday, March 10, I will be sharing "How to Write the Skeletons in Your Closet" for Kansas Authors Club, District #2, at the Antioch Branch of the Johnson County Library, Shawnee Mission and Antioch in Mission, Kansas, at 9:30 a.m. All are welcome. Admission free.

I will give tips on helpful websites for research and useful books to help your writing process as well as a power point presentation of how I wrote "The Late Sooner," my historical novel based on my great-grandfather's diary from 1889.

Free Downloads

Last week my publisher put The Late Sooner on Amazon for free for two days. In that period 9,300 people downloaded it.

I'm beginning to get some nice reviews at the site.
http://tinyurl.com/7e5qzeo

Guess a lot of people have Kindles or apps on their iPhones, iPads, or PCs.

The Twin Territories

Before Oklahoma was a state, it was two separate territories. The east was Indian Territory and the west was settled mostly by whites. In 1907 they finally hammered out the agreement to become one state--Oklahoma.

The symbol of this "marriage" was an Indian maid and a farmer standing in a marriage ceremony, forming a single state. Outside the Territorial Museum in Guthrie, is a life-sized bronze statue of these two shown at the right.

3rd Land Run

The third land run opened the Cheyenne-Arapaho reservation on April 19,1892. The eastern half, which contained most of the Indian allotments, filled quickly. The western half was used primarily for grazing.