In the Work Place
- assistant editor
- Whiskey Creek Press
- Athlon Sports Communications, Inc.
- copy editor
- Falcon Press
- Ridgehill Corporation
- rewrite editor
- Silver Moon Press
- abridgements
- Thomas Nelson and Brilliance Corporation
- newsletters
- American Red Cross
- Franklin Photo Club
- Wakina Sky Learning Circle & Library
- freelance critiquing
- over twenty-five years with individual authors on fiction and poetry
Books in Print
Blood and Bond
Spotted Flower and the Ponokomita
Kansas Dreamer: Fury in Sumner County
Dennis Banks: Native American Activist
Child of the Mist
Daughter of the Stone
Other Work
- Layout and production for Writers of the Gulch anthology, 2002
- Lone Star Rodeo Program
32 pages of text, photos and layout for the 1998 season
- Poetry and short fiction in numerous national journals
Articles include
- "A Word on Words," The Roundup
- "Good Mental Attitude," Horsemanship column of American Cowboy magazine
- "Black Women of the Old West," Portland Observer newspaper
Articles published online can be found at www.articlecity.com.
Other articles
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Karyn has developed promotional materials, organized public activities, moderated panels and been a panelist at various conventions. In 2003 she was co-chair for the Western Writers of America 2003 Convention.
As a performing poet, historian and storyteller, Karyn gives readings and workshops at venues that include all levels of academia, television, radio, as well as civic and public clubs.
Out of Print Books
- The Adventures of Elizabeth Fortune, Blue Heron, 2000
- The Best Way Out (HBJ), 1982 A TOP 50 Social Studies book for 1982
- Bring Home The Ghost (HBJ), 1981
- LIMITED SUPPLY FOR SALE: Life on a Cool Plastic Ice Floe (Westminster Press), 1978
- Spotted Flower and the Ponokomita (First edition: Westminster Press), 1977
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Auxiliary Work
- Presentations throughout Montana as a member of the Montana Committee for the Humanities Speakers' Bureau (through 2008).
- Spur Awards judge, Western Writers of America: juvenile nonfiction category, 2003.
- Presenter, "Using Weather as a Character," Helena Festival of the Book, Helena, MT, September, 2002.
- Panelist, "Homesteading: Making a Home on the Range," Western Writers of American Convention, Wichita, Kansas, June 2002.
- Presenter (with Tim Champlin), "Western Writing: The Southern Connection," Southern Festival of Books, Nashville, TN, October 14, 2000.
- Spur Awards judge, Western Writers of America: juvenile fiction category, 2000.
- Panel moderator, "Small Presses Today," Western Writers of America, Billings, MT, 1994
- Spur Awards judge, Western Writers of America: Novel of the West category, 1992
- Panel moderator, "Minorities in the Northwest," Western Writers of America, Portland, OR, 1989
- Spur Awards judge, Western Writers of America: juvenile fiction category, 1989.
- Poetry judge, Austin-Peay University Creative Arts Awards, March, 1988.
- Poetry judge, Project Pencil, Metro schools, Nashville, TN. April 1987 & 1988.
- Panelist , Southern Writers Symposium, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN. August, 1984.
- Staff member, Cumberland Valley Writers Conference, Nashville, TN. 1979 & 1980.
- Radio and TV appearances regarding/involving her works, including several appearances on PBS "Word on Words," 1979-present.
- Workshop director and featured speaker on writing, publishing, and American history for public schools in various Montana communities, Murray State University (KY), Metro-Davidson County Public Schools (TN), The Cumberland Valley Writers Conference (TN); North Carolina Central University and others. 1978-present.
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