Thank you Judith and Sarah for welcoming me
back as a guest for RTG Anniversary. I am very pleased to be here with you
again.
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| Margaret Tanner |
Why did I do this you might ask? My last publisher was excellent. Due to changed family circumstances I needed the flexibility of being able to publish as many or as few books as I wanted. I wasn’t on a deadline, and if I didn’t have time to promote, that was fine because I was the only one affected.
I accidentally fell into writing westerns.
I have always been a western fan, and I used to watch endless westerns on TV,
Bonanza, Little House On The Prairie, Wagon Train, the list goes on and on. A
friend, who writes Western Romance novellas, suggested that I should try my
hand at writing a western, and I did. I wrote a short story for a Western
Anthology which whetted my appetite, and I was honoured to be part of the
American Mail Order Bride series (50 brides from 50 different states). Well,
after that I was hooked.
Surprisingly enough, there are many
similarities between frontier Australia and the American West, including a
large single male population with few women of marriageable age. Isolation,
lawlessness and hardship, not to mention wild animals and hostile natives. Only
the brave and resilient would survive such a hostile environment, fighting to
carve out a life for themselves and their families in the harsh, untamed
wilderness. Yes, we had stagecoaches, which were often held up. Our men carried
guns, but not in holsters like they did in America, usually it was stuck in the
man’s belt. Many of our pioneer women could shoot a rifle and ride as well as
any man. Their homes were built of split logs. Sound familiar?
My other era I fell compelled to write
about is the 1st World War, or the Great War as it was called. 1914
– 1918 are the centenary years of this terrible conflict, so I wanted to
mention it here. I have visited the
battlefields in France, Belgium and in Turkey. Beautifully kept cemeteries, but
so many young men lying so far from home, the poignancy of it brought tears to
my eyes.
All my books are available in Kindle and
print format on Amazon.
I will briefly mention only two of my
books here, one a Western, and the other set during the Great War.
The
Sheriff’s Outcast Bride.
A Western Cinderella story. Becky’s
reputation is ruined by a lie. Her only hope of salvation rests with
Blackwood’s Marshall, Ryan Mulligan. Will he prove to be a saviour or a sinner?
Daring
Masquerade:
When Harriet Martin masquerades as a boy
to help her shell-shocked brother, falling in love with her boss wasn’t part of
the plan.
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1 comment:
It's good to hear from you, Margaret!
I'd love to read both the books you described! They sound really good! I love all the history you include in your stories.
Happy Writing!
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