The Lure of the Cowboy

I've been tossing around book ideas lately, and although I haven't totally made up my mind, I keep coming back to cowboys. Not sure what the conflict is or how long it will be or...even if I really will write another cowboy book, but I'm leaning that way.

 

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It certainly won't be the first one. I've written four cowboy/rancher books, more if you include a cowgirl novel and those that were simply set in ranch country. I've done a lot of research, spent a lot of time in Montana and Wyoming, and...there's just something about a cowboy hero. I think it's the attachment to the land. And the horses. And maybe the music. The loner lifestyle. The boots. The ruggedness. Or more likely, all of that.

 

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Whatever it is, I'm thinking cowboys.

But don't be surprised if I end up writing about ballerinas and Wall Street tycoons. Writing seldom follows linear paths. It's one of the things I find most frustrating about being a writer and also one of the things I love best about it. (Besides, in what other line of work could I spend my days thinking up stories and writing books about cowboys? I know just how lucky I am).