Articles | Author Milana Marsenich
The Good Heart of Butte
In January of 2020, the Belgrade, MT Chapter of PEO International invited me to do a presentation about my novel, Copper Sky, and the history of Butte, Montana.
Molly B’Damn in Murray, Idaho
Molly B’Damn in Murray, Idaho On a fall trip from Polson, Montana to Walla Walla, Washington for a Women Writing the West conference, I stopped by Wallace, Idaho, one of Idaho’s famous mining towns. It is also one of the West’s most famous Red Light Districts. I was...
Peace on Earth and The Gift of Literature
Peace on earth. It’s what I wish for as each New Year comes around. Yet, as wars continue across the world, we seem further and further from peace. There are wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, and Yemen, to name a few. Russia just seized three Ukrainian Naval Vessels...
Courage and the West Revisted
Since it is the end of the year, the time of year that people often share gifts as demonstrations of love and caring, I'm posting this piece that I first wrote for Don Jimmy Reviews. Books make great gifts. They transport people to other times and places, touching...
A new, improved website!
Hello! I have a new and very much improved website at milanamarsenich.com and I am absolutely delighted about it! Please check it out and subscribe for news and notifications about new posts.
Here is the link to my guest post for Rebecca Simons’ ReviewsFeed blog. Thank you Rebecca!
I have a strong affection for my hometown of Butte, Montana, a mining town with a rich history. As a natural listener and a therapist, I’ve witnessed amazing generosity and courage in others. I first witnessed this in the Butte people.
My guest blog for “My Reading Corner”
Butte, Montana is a mining town with a big heart. Like a lot of mining towns it has seen its share of tragedy, heartache, loss, and grief. Yet the people of Butte have an amazing capacity for resilience and generosity. I tried to capture this particular spirit of Butte in COPPER SKY.
Author’s Inspiration: a guest post for Mary Anne Yarde Blogspot
The initial inspiration for Copper Sky came from a dream that I had after reading A. Den Doolaard’s 1958 novel The Land Behind God’s Back.
