New Novel Releases: Wind in the Wires by Janet Chester Bly, Book 1, Trails of Reba Cahill It’s 1991 in north central Idaho. A cowgirl searches for love and family. An old man seeks justice. They take a Model T journey together that reveals an eerie story of lies and betrayal. Will the truth be […]
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Black Horse Named Johnny Poe
A Black Horse Named Johnny Poe by Janet Chester Bly Fictional black horse Johnny Poe plays a big part in the novel I’m writing. He seems so real to me. If I don’t catch myself, I’m ready to head out to the corrals in the morning to feed him. Or wonder if he’s jumped my neighbor’s […]
Old West Jobs: 3 Signs You’re A Line Rider
One of the loneliest Old West jobs had to be the line rider. In the Old West days before Joseph Glidden’s patented barbed wire invention crossed the prairies, ranchers found it difficult to keep their cattle on the home range. To keep them from wandering to a neighbor’s pasture or getting lost in the wilderness, […]
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