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Narrative History

On Writing: Using Scrivener To Manage Multiple Threads in Narrative History

July 11, 2011August 17, 2011 / mmarkmiller / 1 Comment

"Often the tip is something I already know; often it’s about a feature that I don’t think I’d ever use, and sometimes—like today—it provides a solution to a problems that’s been vexing me for weeks."

On Writing: Narrative History Requires More Than Getting the Facts Right

June 30, 2011December 5, 2011 / mmarkmiller / 3 Comments

It's my job to present old stories for today's readers. I want people to read straight through my stuff and say: "That's interesting."

On Writing: Cubism, Narrative History and the Nez Perce

May 31, 2011August 25, 2011 / mmarkmiller / 1 Comment

"Like a Cubist painting, the final narrative won’t always arrange things in the way that people are used to seeing them, but I hope it will be compelling and enlightening."

Narrative History or Historical Fiction 3: A Moonlit Night In Yellowstone Park, August 23, 1877.

May 21, 2011March 23, 2012 / mmarkmiller / 8 Comments

"Emma couldn’t have known that Yellow Wolf and his band of Nez Perce scouts had seen the bonfire and were planning to attack the camp the next morning."

Narrative History or Historical Fiction? — Redux

December 19, 2010January 23, 2012 / mmarkmiller / 10 Comments

"If I were writing fiction, it would be easy to foreshadow the drama . . ."

Narrative History or Historical Fiction?

September 28, 2010September 12, 2013 / mmarkmiller / 9 Comments

Most of the time I think I’ll write my next book, Encounters in Yellowstone, as narrative history, but when I hit a dead end in my research, I’m tempted to switch to historical fiction.

Researching Attitudes Toward Indians

September 7, 2010July 5, 2012 / mmarkmiller / 1 Comment

What would it feel like to wake up in a wilderness with a lead slug embedded in your skull and remember watching your wife being dragged away by hostile Indians?

M. Mark Miller is a fifth-generation Montanan who grew up on a small ranch north of Yellowstone Park. His earliest memories are of his grandmother telling about her trip to the park in 1909 and her father and grandfather's trip there in 1882. Miller has capitalized on his life-long interest in Yellowstone history to assemble anthologies and write fiction and literary non-fiction. Explore these pages to find out more about his life, books and speaking.

My Books

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Intrepid explorers document the area's wonders, then lobby for creation of Yellowstone Park.

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Tourists tangle with Indians fleeing a pursuing army.

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Women tell of their adventures in Yellowstone Park more than a century ago.

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A 14-year-old boy tries to save his companion who fell into a geyser — and battles horse thieves.

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Bite-size stories of adventure and humor with geysers, waterfalls and bears.

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A woman is captured by Indians. A man is lost 37 days in the wilderness. And ten more exciting stories.

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