When asked to do a Western the first thing I needed to do was decide where it would be set. Not having traveled much in the west – mostly due to a dread of flying – I had to decide what features I wanted first. Since it was a Scottish hero, I decided a somewhat mountainous area would be nice so researched all the mountainous areas. I picked the Ozarks because as I looked at all the pictures it reminded me just a bit of the White Mountains area in New Hampshire.
Then I had to get some books on the history of the area, look at a ton of pictures, and then hit the books on the flora and fauna of the region. It is often the small things, like mentioning the wrong bird, that can trip a writer up. I do have one thing on my side and that is that I almost always use a made up name for my setting so I don’t really have to research every nook and cranny of some town or city. So after a marathon reading session plus hours on the internet to collect pictures, I started.
My hero Iain and his six brothers came next. Just the thought of a man with six brothers I find interesting. I made them pretty much right off the boat Scots. I often think it would be fun to slip back to that time for a quick visit to listen to all the accents before they all became localized American, but then I recall advances like central heating and bathrooms and decide, maybe not.
I hope everyone finds my Scotsmen in America a good read.
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