Terrain outside Cheyenne

[SkunkApe]

Originally Posted by ThePiedPiper

Skunk, can you give me more info on what you saw with those coyotes?

Any idea what those rocks are made of in those photos, SkunkApe? And if you know what any of those plants are called, that would be great, too. All the little details that lend credibility to a story!

Also, are there any small towns out that way, toward Powder River?

I only saw one coyote. I tend to exaggerate my website photo captions, a bit. (Those weren't really alien egg pods, either.)

Sorry, don't know what the rocks are. The plants are sagebrush and some kind of scrub pine, I think.

Powder River is a small. Even by Wyoming standards.

[NewLtDad]

Piper,
Are you thinking of moving to the area to write the book? live there for short time as you finish writing? is this your first book?
many questions, but there is a method to my madness. I am interested in moving to either Montana or Wyoming, and luckily found this website. It is outstanding.

As for writing, I have finished my first book, ready to be printed. A publishing company has been created for my book to be the first one. It is a true story of criminal corruption in South Carolina. The publishing company is Erik Publishing (erikpublishing.com). I am a newbie at the book business, but if I can give you an ounce of my experience, I would do so. I wrote and did all the prepublishing work myself, and have great subs who did a great job.

so, let me know if you are going to stay in WY, and check out the website at Erik Publishing. We are making changes from time to time. I look forward to hearing about your book.

[NewLtDad]

Piper,
Are you thinking of moving to the area to write the book? live there for short time as you finish writing? is this your first book?
many questions, but there is a method to my madness. I am interested in moving to either Montana or Wyoming, and luckily found this website. It is outstanding.

As for writing, I have finished my first book, ready to be printed. A publishing company has been created for my book to be the first one. It is a true story of criminal corruption in South Carolina. The publishing company is Erik Publishing (erikpublishing.com). I am a newbie at the book business, but if I can give you an ounce of my experience, I would do so. I wrote and did all the prepublishing work myself, and have great subs who did a great job.

so, let me know if you are going to stay in WY, and check out the website at Erik Publishing. We are making changes from time to time. I look forward to hearing about your book.

[ThePiedPiper]

Hi Dad. Thanks for the post. No, I'm not planning to move to Wyoming, though I've considered, as you have, either Wyoming or Montana. I'll be staying in Virginia. As a rockhound, I love the idea of the western states. But realistically, I'm pretty well established here and inertia does a lot of my work for me.

I have one book completed, and three more in progress. I put the completed one aside and, after really working on my craft the past year and a half, I realize I need to rewrite the thing now. I've also edited for one online publisher. And I belong to several writing groups.

Glad to see you getting your message out. A gentleman in my county wrote an expose' of our county corruption and got a citizen group here in the county to publish it. The book's called "The Corrupt County" by Edward A. Kieloch. And now they've indicted our sheriff.... I have no way of knowing what's fact and what's fiction. I just wait to hear the proofs. Until then, I reserve judgment.

If I write nonfiction, it'll likely be a couple of preparedness books. America is woefully unprepared, especially in the cities. Otherwise, I'm going to target specific publishers with my fiction because the readers are already plugged in with them and look for the new titles/subscribe to receive a certain number of titles per month.

Congratulations on going the distance on your project. So, you're moving to Wyoming or Montana before they run you out of SC?

Best,
Piper

[Scarletts Wrath]

If you are writing a novel and need flat land, ravines, rocks, gems, airport. Gunniston Colorado is perfect. Its next to Crested Butte with the mountains and rocks, gems, etc, and the ravines are outside Gunniston, which also has an airport. Suggest different location.

[ThePiedPiper]

Thanks, Scarlett. I'll consider it. One of the big issues I wanted to cover was having a FSDO locally. But I've been rethinking that ... as I write, my story line goes through all sorts of morphs. But if I don't use it on this one, I'll consider it for another book. All my books will have some element of rocks in it, whether rockhounding, gem cutting, sculpting -- something relating to rocks, even if it's only a small character somewhere in the story.