VISITING READER COUNT FOR THIS PAGE: 26,443 Author Dave McGowan has been a cowboy, forest fire fighter, heavy equipment operator, farmhand, gardener, road musician and businessman. He now writes, and works as a commercial driver, in Northern British Columbia. The forgoing is the bio from the back of my novels… Continue reading
VISITING READER COUNT FOR THIS PAGE: 262 People Of The West by Dave (D.M.) McGowan. People Of The West: A Short Story Timeline. Nine short pieces of fiction constructed around 170 years of North American history and interspersed at intervals by fourteen poems. The first story is a fictional accounting… Continue reading
VISITING READER COUNT FOR THIS PAGE: 230 Into The Mountains by David (D.M.) McGowan. How do you save your family when they are faced with hate and racism on all sides? How do you avoid fear every minute of every day? In the years following the North West Rebellion of… Continue reading
VISITING READER COUNT FOR THIS PAGE: 234 Deacon by Dave (D.M.) McGowan. Marker of Stone; A fictional recounting of the first European to reach the Pacific Ocean north of Mexico. Was his reception by the local population as he described it in his journal. Perhaps they put up with him… Continue reading
VISITING READER COUNT FOR THIS PAGE: 292 Gunfighters, Thieves and Lawmen by Dave (D.M.) McGowan. Sully Wheeler doesn’t care why his cattle are disappearing. He doesn’t care why but it has to stop. Perhaps it’s part of the cost of hiding from his past, but who would steal from a… Continue reading
VISITING READER COUNT FOR THIS PAGE: 215 Partners by David (D.M.) McGowan. Thomas Brash is trying to escape but knows he never will. No thinking person can escape from their past. Pursuing him is the memory of the family he lost to cholera. Perhaps he believes that traveling alone in… Continue reading
VISITING READER COUNT FOR THIS PAGE: 219 Homesteader by Dave (D.M.) McGowan. Finding Sharon. Claiming your share of the so called “free” land in the rugged and wide Canadian frontier in the 1880s was a difficult, demanding task. When someone tries to run roughshod over the “nesters” increasing the workload… Continue reading
VISITING READER COUNT FOR THIS PAGE: 139 The Great Liquor War by Dave (D.M.) McGowan Is An Western Adventure. The year is 1885. Hank James has been in Canada several months panning gold from a stream near Roswell, British Columbia. When he hears a prizefight will be held in town,… Continue reading
VISITING READER COUNT FOR THIS PAGE: 412 Boundaries by Dave (D.M.) McGowan. Westerns (Fiction-Detective/Bounty Hunter). What if justice wasn’t always about rules but about results? Some men enforce the law. Others know exactly how to bend it. And then there’s Bob Morgan. In the untamed frontier of 19th-century British Columbia,… Continue reading
VISITING READER COUNT FOR THIS PAGE: 4,721 Book Marketing Global Network; Always there, always dependable! Yes, there are many sites that say they will do this or that, but BMGN increases sales every time. The best bang for the buck for any author. Dave McGowan. Author’s Page:https://bookmarketingglobalnetwork.com/book-marketing-global-network/author-dave-mcgowan/ View Our Site… Continue reading
VISITING READER COUNT FOR THIS PAGE: 154 1. Looking back over your 30+ years as a novelist, what is the biggest lesson you wish you’d learned much earlier? To answer that question fully I think I should set up some background. Having been involved in sales a little, I know… Continue reading
VISITING READER COUNT FOR THIS PAGE: 130A Golden Opportunity Wasted. I’m Very Disappointed! Pierre Poilievre missed a great opportunity. For all of you waiting for my response to another writing question, I’m sorry, but I have to veer away for a bit. I believe integrity, moral actions and development for… Continue reading
VISITING READER COUNT FOR THIS PAGE: 3,698 The Great Liquor War by Dave (D.M.) McGowan. A Western Adventure. Awarded 5 Stars By The Editor At Book Marketing Global Network. US and Canadian History Combined With Legends From The 1800’s! The Great Liquor War by D. M. McGowan is a western… Continue reading
VISITING READER COUNT FOR THIS PAGE: 141 During the last few days, I’ve been talking to people at the Dawson Creek Visitor’s Center about some of the history of Western Canada, or at least the parts that I’ve read and included in my novels. In this posting I’m simply pasting… Continue reading
VISITING READER COUNT FOR THIS PAGE: 115 Question # 6 Why do you write historical fiction? Three short answers to that: So that people might be able to understand other people. So that people might be able to recognize truth. So that people, readers, might enjoy happy, rewarding lives. Since… Continue reading
VISITING READER COUNT FOR THIS PAGE: 163 It is true that no positive trade can be negotiated with the fodder headed, self-centered fence post presently acting like he IS the neighboring country to the south rather than its destructive, crime ridden figurehead. It also appears that we will have to… Continue reading
VISITING READER COUNT FOR THIS PAGE: 137 People Of The West by Dave (D.M.) McGowan. People Of The West: A Short Story Timeline. Nine short pieces of fiction constructed around 170 years of North American history and interspersed at intervals by fourteen poems. The first story is a fictional accounting… Continue reading
VISITING READER COUNT FOR THIS PAGE: 140 I keep getting asked questions about writing in general and my writing in particular. In the next few posts, I’m going to try answering those questions. While I’m on the subject, don’t forget to check out GRIT, the arts magazine of Arts North… Continue reading
VISITING READER COUNT FOR THIS PAGE: 4,406 Author Dave McGowan has been a cowboy, forest fire fighter, heavy equipment operator, farmhand, gardener, road musician and businessman. He now writes, and works as a commercial driver, in Northern British Columbia. The forgoing is the bio from the back of my novels… Continue reading
VISITING READER COUNT FOR THIS PAGE: 133 What has changed? Do you remember any history? Take a peek at the pics at https://dmmcgowan.blogspot.com/ Do you remember any history? The pictures that will appear with this posting apart from representing transportation in various eras, have another connection with the subject. Any… Continue reading
VISITING READER COUNT FOR THIS PAGE: 4,262 Author Dave McGowan has been a cowboy, forest fire fighter, heavy equipment operator, farmhand, gardener, road musician and businessman. He now writes, and works as a commercial driver, in Northern British Columbia. The forgoing is the bio from the back of my novels… Continue reading
VISITING READER COUNT FOR THIS PAGE: 132 4. Which of your books are you personally most proud of, and why? Works out to be the same as asking about your having a favorite child: the one I’m dealing with right at the time is my favorite. I’m in the process… Continue reading
VISITING READER COUNT FOR THIS PAGE: 3,708 The Making Of Jake McTavish by Dave (D.M.) McGowan. A Western Adventure. Synopsis: In the west of the 1890s, Jake’s wife is raped and murdered, an image from which he attempts to escape and hide. When two thieves try to take what little… Continue reading
VISITING READER COUNT FOR THIS PAGE: 138 Question # 5. What advice would you give to someone writing their very first novel, especially when they have very limited resources? In answering this question I’m talking about fiction that is entertaining and strong enough for the reader to read several times… Continue reading
VISITING READER COUNT FOR THIS PAGE: 4,193 Author Dave McGowan has been a cowboy, forest fire fighter, heavy equipment operator, farmhand, gardener, road musician and businessman. He now writes, and works as a commercial driver, in Northern British Columbia. The forgoing is the bio from the back of my novels… Continue reading
VISITING READER COUNT FOR THIS PAGE: 223 A Voice From Beyond by David Milton McGowan. Anthology. Lucky: He is a former Confederate officer who has become far less than an “officer and a gentleman”. When he realizes what he has become he tries to see a new future and a… Continue reading
VISITING READER COUNT FOR THIS PAGE: 210 What We Need Is A Good Cow Dog by David McGowan. Do you regret that? Sometimes you might say something to a friend that you regret, however it seemed like a good idea at the time. Perhaps it was funny, true and had… Continue reading
VISITING READER COUNT FOR THIS PAGE: 209 Invasion by David Milton McGowan. INVASION! They lived “off the grid” because in those days and in that area, there was no “grid” to be on. They were homesteaders, farmers, and trappers who might find a dozen people within a day’s walk in… Continue reading