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Newspapers in 1800s blog
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Frontier newspapers in 1870s

Each chapter of Iron Horse Claim ends with an 1870s newspaper article that is relevant to events unfolding in the story. Except for stories “published”

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Railroad slang and jargon

Some industries just have more colorful slang than others — as I learned when researching background information for Iron Horse Claim. Early railroading was a

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Windmills on the prairie

There are two themes running through Iron Horse Claim: railroads and windmills. Both of these innovations transformed the nation, particularly the West. Windmills had been

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About Writing

Chapter epilogues

Epilogues – those summaries at the end of the book – are intended to provide closure to the story or offer a glimpse into what

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About Writing

The tyranny of deadlines

I was ruled by deadlines throughout my professional career in advertising and marketing. Most of them were not self-imposed deadlines; rather, I had to finish

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