Posts Tagged ‘Widow Walk’
Italian Translation of Widow Walk Now Available!
Guest post by Avasta team. [dropcap color=”” boxed=”no” boxed_radius=”8px” class=”” id=””]W[/dropcap]idow Walk is now available with side-by-side Italian translation. You may read the English on one side, and read the Italian version on the other. It is perfect for language learners! Italian description: A metà dell’Ottocento il Nordovest Pacifico, un vasto territorio fatto di foreste impenetrabili…
Read MoreHow to Create an Award-Winning Book Cover
My book ‘Widow Walk’ won the USA Books News’ Best Book Cover Design Award in 2013. Widow Walk is set in mid-nineteenth century Pacific Northwest region, called the Oregon Country, which included parts of present day Washington state and Vancouver B.C. Author and publisher Kelsye Nelson interviewed me last week. We talked about the processes…
Read MoreAnnouncement: Full Prize List for March Land Rush Campaign
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Read MoreCross Dressing Warriors in the Civil War
One of the characters our Emmy Evers meets in Book Three of the Widow Walk Saga, The Fairness of Beasts, is a young woman who disguises herself as a Union soldier in order to be close to her lover. Cross dressing was not uncommon. Although both the Union and Confederacy forbade women to enlist and women distinguished…
Read MorePhysician Writer – An Interview
I was recently interviewed by publishing expert Kelsye Nelson. We talked about my background in medicine and transition into the literary world with the Widow Walk saga, a historical fiction series. Interview Preview: Dr. LaSalle, I’ve noticed that there are a growing number of physicians who have become accomplished authors. Why did you choose to write historical fiction…
Read MoreBook Guide and Discussion Questions for Isthmus
Our publisher has asked that we add study questions for both Widow Walk and its sequel, Isthmus. Ten of the following questions are included in the paper back and e-book versions of Isthmus. Isthmus Book Guide and Discussion Questions: 1. The 1849 discovery of gold in California dramatically increased the travel across the Panamanian isthmus. For several years, the local…
Read MoreReader’s Guide and Book Discussion Questions for Widow Walk
At the request of our publisher, we are adding a reader’s guide with questions for discussion groups and book clubs. Ten of these have been added to the forthcoming paperback edition of Widow Walk. Widow Walk Book Guide and Discussion Questions: 1. Widow Walk has been compared to Last of the Mohicans and Cold Mountain. How is…
Read MorePort Townsend: History and Role in Widow Walk
Port Townsend, was named in 1792 by explorer George Vancouver after his friend the Marquis of Townsend. Located on the northeast tip of the Olympic Peninsula, it was inhabited solely by Native Americans throughout the 1700’s and early 1800’s. The Chimakum people were the predominant group. The Klallam Indians controlled the land that encompassed the area…
Read MoreThe Geography and Climate of Widow Walk and Isthmus
I anticipate that Isthmus, the first sequel to Widow Walk, will be ready for readers by this Christmas. The geography and climate of the two regions in which Emmy Evers and her family traveled were distinctly different. Widow Walk is set in the Pacific Northwest region, including parts of present day Washington state, the San Juan Islands,…
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Designing a Cover for Widow Walk
The design of cover and artwork has been part of the joy for this project. As soon as my excellent editor, Sherry Roberts, finished her second set of edits on the manuscript, I began working with artists for the cover. Attached below are several early concept drawings and photographs by Carey Pelto, MD, Randy Mott…
Read MoreWelcome to the Widow Walk Saga blog!
My name is Gar LaSalle and I’d like to welcome you to my Widow Walk Stories blog. Widow Walk is a historical fiction novel I have just released based around real events that occurred in the mid-nineteenth century Pacific Northwest involving conflict between “aboriginal” native American tribes and the early settlers of the coastal British…
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