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A Fish Tale, a new accounting book by RG Bud Phelps

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RG Bud Phelps has just published a very different accounting book.  A Fish Tale has been a brand new writing adventure for me, authoring a business book with a fictional storyline. Too many times I have met individuals who are so involved with their own products or services, they absolutely dislike anything to do with […]

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RG Bud Phelps is a 2016 Winner – 50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading

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I have been very fortunate to have been associated with The Author Show for a long period of time and have appeared in four of their previous “50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading” publications.  Danielle Hampson and Don McCauley have been very helpful in assisting me in the promotion of my books and allowing […]

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Video Interview of Piano Meadows

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The Author Show has created a video type slide show, including the interview itself, of RG Bud Phelps’ newest book Piano Meadows. This video shows pictures of how the old abandoned cabins looked like up in the meadow, a picture of how William Bailey’s original ranch may have looked like, a picture of Horace Tabor’s […]

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Historical Fiction Comes Alive in Piano Meadows

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Piano Meadows is a great way of expressing history comparisons between periods of time 100 years apart. You will follow Mormon Pioneers in the 1870’s from a wintering site in Colorado all the way to Utah with each day of travel measured by how far a wagon pulled by a team of horses could really […]

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RG Bud Phelps in the book – “50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading”

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To help authors market their books and and to help create greater awareness, we occasionally feature winning stories submitted to our 50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading Awards Contest on this blog. The journey to success is often a long one. We hope the stories of successful authors will provide some encouragement and help […]

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A View of Key Icons in History (Horace Tabor & Brigham Young) in my book Piano Meadows

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The book, Piano Meadows by RG Bud Phelps, includes true historical events in the lives of Horace Tabor and Brigham Young. Horace Tabor –  The following is an excerpt from my book, but true history tells us that Horace Tabor did have two men work his claim in the same location referred to in the book.  Maybe the partnership […]

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Excerpts from Piano Meadows by RG Bud Phelps

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The year was 1870 and Joe, a young cowboy traveling to Colorado, was seeking gold and adventure. He was raised as a Christian and followed his father’s teaching to be humble, honest, and fair with his fellow man. Especially not to be judgmental. Joe had followed newspaper accounts of the Pikes Peak Gold rush in […]

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Why did I select the Historical Fiction as my Genre?

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Again I will repeat the definition of Historical Fiction:  Historical fiction is defined as novels in which a story is made up but is set in the past and sometimes borrows true characteristics of the time period in which it is set. I selected Historical Fiction as my favorite genre to write in because basically […]

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RG Bud Phelps’ Historical Fiction Books Contain Historical Facts

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Historical fiction is defined as novels in which a story is made up but is set in the past and sometimes borrows true characteristics of the time period in which it is set. Gibbon’s Secrets – A novel that makes up a story about a young boy’s experiences growing up in a small town during […]

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New Years Eve At the Brown Palace in Denver (Excerpt from Anti-Nazi Task Force Adventures By RG Bud Phelps)

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December flew by and before they knew it the New Year’s weekend was just days away.  Both of the guys had been corresponding with the girls; George with Janet and Reg with Pat.  So, Friday afternoon George and Reg were at the Denver International Airport to pick up the girls and the long awaited weekend […]

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