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Spurs for José has been updated with a new cover and interior illustrations.
Spurs for José is a historical novel inspired by true events. It follows the adventures of a young Indian vaquero, who lives on an Alta California rancho when the Mexican American War erupts, gold is discovered at Sutter’s Mill, and California becomes the thirty-first state of the Union. The story explores the lives of people, native and non-native, who occupied the missions and ranchos and provides supplemental...

Yahoo! It's been a long time coming.
I just released my latest picture book, Capturing Time. 
Click on Amazon.com to read more about it. 

All my horse loving friends, giddyap and gocheck outmy website http://www.WandaSnowPorter.com.I have posted a free picture book read., Rodeo Hero.

My latest novel,Ordinary Miracles, will be released September 11. I can't wait to see it in print. I'm so excite.I had to share the beautiful cover and a blurb from the book.

Seventeen-year-old Tobi Mathews is frightened by her ex-Marine father's ominous predictions about the end-of-the-world. Are they true or caused by post traumatic stress disorder like her mother says?

Tobi's father moves the family to an isolated farm to escape the coming calamity. When her mother leaves to find a job to...

Doing interviews are difficult.However, magazine editor Sharon Jantzen, with her engaging and friendly personality made it fun. We spent over an hour talking about horses, books, and the town where I grew up. Check out the article publishedin SLO Horse News at: http://www.slohorsenews.net/historical-fiction-wanda-snow-porter/

In 496 AD, Pope Gelasius chose February 14th to honor Saint Valentine's martyrdom, most likely to replace Lupercalia, an ancient Roman fertility festival. The patron saint of engaged couples, happy marriages, and lovers, heis represented in pictures with birds and roses.

Many legends are attributed to this mysterious saint. It is told Valentine attempted to convert Roman Emperor Claudius II to Christianity. In a rage, Claudius demanded he renounce his faith or be beaten and beheaded. St. Vale...

The setting for my novel, Riding Babyface, was inspired by the little farm where I lived as a kid. My old homestead had a mysterious feeling. When I told my friend Sam a treasure might be buried in the barnyard, he got permission to metal detect there.

We hit the trail bright and early. Sam slowed his Blazer, then he turned off the main road. He drove up a dirt driveway to the hill pasture where a barn and bunkhouse once stood.

"Does anything look familiar?" Sam asked.

Not sure of the barn's exa...

I've been invited to join the Meet My Character Blog Tour
and introduce a character from one of my novels. Thank
you FM Kahren for the invitationn. Frank has written some great novels. Learn more about his books at: http://www.fmkahren.blogspot.com

Now, I'd like to introduce my character, Winna Beckman. She
rides tall in the saddle in my newly released novel, Riding
Babyface. She is fictional, but the names and personalities of her dog and horse in the story are real,inspired by my childh...