Velda Brotherton

Events

Upcoming Conference & Workshop

March 8, 2008 - Free Writer's Conference in Springdale, Arkansas - Author will speak with Linda Apple on The Long and Short of Creative Non Fiction; Afternoon workshop on promoting online and other cool writer tips.

April 12, 2008 - All Day Workshop sponsored by Ozark Folkways in Winslow, Arkansas. Writing Ozark and other world stories and books. $25 fee and pre-registration required. Contact author.

Sept. 13, 2008 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Ozark Writer's Live at Fayetteville Public Library. Author will speak on historical regional writing. All her books will be available during the all day event which will include many other authors from the area.
More later.

Selected Works

Essays

Wandering In The Shadows of Time: An Ozarks Odyssey
Enter a realm of Ozark history unlike any you have ever seen before.

Fiction short stories

Mysteries Of The Ozarks, Vol. I
Where's Mindy, the story of a ghost who wants to be forgiven

Mysteries Of The Ozarks, Vol. II
A Yankee Attitude, the story of a man who should not have built a glass house

Historical Fiction

Images In Scarlet
Photographer Allie Caine faces danger and finds love on the way west to Santa Fe

Nonfiction

Fly With The Mourning Dove
A welcome addition to turn-of-the-century "civilized" memoirs that draws us into the lives of two women who helped shape the West. Endearing.

Springdale: The Courage of Shiloh
An amusing and enlightening tale that traces a city’s continuing evolution.

Short Stories

Echoes of the Ozarks Vol. III
The Smoking Bar pits two men against a new law that could destroy their business

Echoes of the Ozarks Vol. II
Hard Way Home The Civil War has ended, but what will Jacob find when he returns home

Echoes of the Ozarks Vol. I
Traitor During the Civil War a young boy is forced to make a terrible decision to save his family

Quick Links

Scrapbook

Blog Outlaws and Lawmen of Arkansas, Myths & Legends

Blog On Being A Writer

First chapters

Once a year writer's conference in Eureka Springs, AR

Write With An Entrancing Tongue - An article on writer's voice

Buy Fly With the Mourning Dove and other books

Buy Images In Scarlet

ORA Missouri writers group

OWL Missouri writers group

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