Interview with the Cowboy: Stephen Bly

I’m a Stephen Bly fan because his cowboy novels remind me so much of my childhood growing up in the desert of Arizona and because he and his wife Janet are the cutest couple on earth. Today I’m previewing one of his latest releases, Cowboy for a Rainy Afternoon.

Cowboy For A Rainy Afternoon is a twist on the traditional Western story.

In 1954, six men who spent their youth as cowboys in the Southwest, now gather at the Matador Hotel lobby in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico, for weekly games of cribbage. One rainy afternoon, one of the men brings his grandson. They’re delighted with this captive audience. They all play cribbage and the men tell stories of their exploits in the old days. The eldest was born during the Civil War. All of them cowboyed from the late 1880s until the 1940s. They tell first-hand stories of what the West was truly like. Many years later, the boy looks back and remembers the day he heard of a way of life and western tradition that’s quickly becoming extinct. He also recalls the lessons he learned and the excitement of a drama that unfolded before them that provoked the cowboys’ last stand.

This reminiscent account of real cowboy lives resonates like Andy Adams’ book, The Log of a Cowboy, written in the early 1900s.

So readers, I’m here to say that Stephen Bly is a cowboy’s cowboy, and his action-packed but heart-felt stories are the perfect read for a rainy , sunny or cloudy-with-a-chance-of-meatballs afternoon. Thanks, Stephen for visiting!

About Linda S. Clare

I'm an author, speaker, writing coach and mentor. I teach both fiction and nonfiction writing at Lane Community College and in the doctoral program as expert writing advisor for George Fox University. I love helping writers improve their craft and I'm both an avid reader and writer of stories about those with wounded hearts.

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