A real-life scenario that took place at the ranch, which I gave to my in-progress novel, Mustang Crossing: Checking wild horse records with Jake reminded Jessi of going through the cattle records with her father, which reminded her of doing the same when her mother was alive, and even Colter. While she preferred being ahorseback, … Continue reading →

With Desert Chrome out (now also available as an audiobook, read by me! https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9798822620391to) and an essay collection circulating, I decided to pull an in-progress novel from a back shelf and get to work on it again. That’s when I saw that my good writer friend Becca Lawton (https://beccalawton.com) was offering NOMOWriMo to writers at … Continue reading →

Following are some of the places where you can now find Desert Chrome: Water, a Woman, and Wild Horses in the West in audio! (The first, libro.fm audiobooks, supports indie bookstores.) The audiobook was just released, and other carriers will have it soon.  Please know that positive reviews and a lot of stars are most helpful to … Continue reading →

Yesterday, High Desert Journal https://www.highdesertjournal.org published this essay in their most excellent online literary review: https://www.highdesertjournal.org/emergence-kathryn-wilder Yesterday, cattle rancher H. Alan Day and dude rancher Russell True interviewed me for their podcast, The Cowboy Up Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cowboy-up-podcast/id1521902050. It will air on Saturday, October 8, I’m told; I will share that link when I get it. … Continue reading →

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In 1989, my husband contracted with The Nature Conservancy to remove all the cattle off Santa Cruz Island. He had to provide all supplies except water and two relic island pickups. This included crew (cowboys, cook, drivers); sixteen horses and the saddles and tack to go with them; an abundance of lariats; hay and grain … Continue reading →

A brief post to share this news and to thank you all for your support and cheers and tears and prayers. Mahalo nui loa! Continue reading →

First, apologies for several failed attempts at posting this! I hope this one works…. Soon the winners of the Colorado Book Awards will be announced: (https://coloradohumanities.org/programs/colorado-book-awards/#). Desert Chrome: Water, a Woman, and Wild Horses in the West is a finalist in the Creative Nonfiction category, alongside Bless the Birds: Living with Love in a Time of … Continue reading →

In his final newsletter, Andy Nettell, formerly (as of last week) of Back of Beyond Books, which he just sold to David Everitt, wrote this important reminder and guide about shopping for both print and audio books (I hope he forgives me for borrowing it): Seven Ways to buy books locally and to support your … Continue reading →

This piece came out in December in the last print issue of The Gulch, and in February, while I was still under techno-duress as I struggled to get to my blog on this computer, and couldn’t, it came out online. The stunning photos are all by TJ Holmes. https://www.gulchmag.com/home/ode-to-rain Continue reading →