The Wylder West

This month's Wylder West Series party takes place this Saturday so mark your calendar and get ready to have some fun!  The party theme is television and movie cowboys. You know that's going to inspire lots of lively chatting!  August 28, 2-4 pm  The party schedule: 2:00 to 2:15-Virgina Barlow-Wylder Bachelor 2:15 to 2:30-Sarita Leone- Her Wylder Frontier 2:30 to 2:45-Julie Howard-The Three Widows of Wylder 2:45 to 3:00-Laura Strickland- Forever Wyld 3:00 to 3:15-Nicole McCaffrey/Kim Turner-update 3:15 to 3:30-Favorite TV/Movie/Book Cowboys 3:30 to 3:45-Wylder News free posts from authors 3:45 to 4:00-Wylder Blog Update- Sarita Leone 4:00 onward, keep chatting with authors! This month's giveaway is oh, so pretty. One guest will win a flowered coffee mug, making curling up with a great book even extra special. Saturday, August 28th. 2 pm. We hope to see you there!

  Sheriffs of the Old West by Laura Strickland   What made a good sheriff, in the world of Wylder, Wyoming? Back in the 1870s, when many of our stories take place, the West was in transition. Some people had come west looking for opportunities—land they never could have dreamed of owning, back East. Gold or pelts they could sell. Honest jobs. Freedom. Following the war between the states, a lot of folks were cut loose, with few skills and no good way to make a living. Most of them, though, did know how to handle a gun. There were two ways a man good with a gun could go. He could break the law, or he could try to uphold it. A surprising number of men moved from one extreme to another, and went from gunslinger to sheriff. Being a gunfighter is a perilous life, and doesn’t get any easier with the passage of time. And a good sheriff better be able to draw as fast as the gunfighters who walked or rode into his town. Some examples of outlaws who crossed the line and took u...