Author: BZTrailRiders
All’s Fair in Love and Snow (by AH83)
Summary: Is it true that a snowball fight was just what the doctor ordered?
Rating: K, Word Count: 943
A Love Series #4 – A Love Lost (by AH83)
Summary: After a stage robbery turns deadly, Adam learns strength comes from the loved ones around him.
Rating: PG, Word Count: 3468
A Love Series #3 – A Love Grown (by AH83)
Summary: After a great loss, Adam and Emma learn to move on and soon fine love can grow from unexpected sources.
Rating: PG, Word Count: 6499
A Love Series #2 – A Love Tested (by AH83)
Summary: Adam and Emma move forward with their relationship. Just when things are rosy, tragedy strikes.
Rating: PG, Word Count: 4663
A Love Series #1 – A Love Rekindled (by AH83)
Summary: Adam reconnects with friend from his youth. But all is not as it seems with her.
Rating: PG, Word Count: 8794
BTR Sourdough Starters #32 – December 2020 (by BZTrailriders)
Summary: Reflections – What do you think a Cartwright would reflect on this year? You can pull from an episode or a previous Sourdough story.
Rating: G, Word Count: 2638
BTR Sourdough Starters #31 – November 2020 (by BZTrailriders)
Summary: “May I…?” – This one is a little different. After 2-½ years of Sourdoughs, has someone written one that gave you an idea to expand it? Well, go ahead and ask to use that person’s sourdough and add to it in some way. Include a copy of the original Sourdough, and who wrote it, with your expansion of 600 words or less.
Rating: G, Word Count: 2937
BTR Sourdough Starters #30 – October 2020 (by BZTrailriders)
Summary: Write a short spooky campfire or bedtime tale, or expand a previous Sourdough and give it a haunted twist.
Rating: G, Word Count: 2560
BTR Sourdough Starters #29 – September 2020 (by BZTrailriders)
Summary: Education was important to the Cartwrights. In fact both Adam and Joe became substitute teachers. Use one of these pictures (the brothers teaching researching) as inspiration for a vignette or addition to a past Sourdough.
Rating: G, Word Count: 2306
BTR Sourdough Starters #28 – August 2020 (by BZTrailriders)
Summary: The Cartwrights are out and about on the Ponderosa. Use these pictures (all C’s by water) for inspiration as to what they might be doing during the hot month of August. It can include any combination of Cartwrights.
Rating: G, Word Count: 1571
BTR Sourdough Starters #27 – July 2020 (by BZTrailriders)
Summary: Beer Time Conversations- When the C’s have a little time to enjoy a beer together, who knows what can transpire. Photo inspirations from The Ape, The Magnificent Adah, The Ride.
Rating: G, Word Count: 2392
BTR Sourdough Starters #26 – June 2020 (by BZTrailriders)
Summary: Ride Like the Wind – Use this photo (Adam and Joe racing in The Hayburner) for inspiration for your scene or story.
Rating: G, Word Count: 1676
BTR Sourdough Starters #25 – May 2020 (by BZTrailriders)
Summary: Picture of Inspiration: Choose one of the three pictures below. (Adam and Joe from The Quality of Mercy, Adam and Ben when Hop Sing reports men all over Ponderosa from Enter Mark Twain, Hoss and Joe in jail (unknown episode). Write a short scene for one, two or all three, OR use it to add to another Sourdough starter
Rating: G, Word Count: 2613
BTR Sourdough Starters #24 – April 2020 (by BZTrailriders)
Summary: Photos of two Cartwrights discussing papers, drawings, or maps. Write a new Sourdough or expand a previous one.
Rating: G, Word Count: 2436
BTR Sourdough Starters #23 – March 2020 (by BZTrailriders)
Summary: If Horses Could Talk…Spring is coming and we know what the Cartwrights will be doing – chores, round ups, girls, picnics. But what do the horses think of all this activity? Pick a scene from an episode or create one of your own and give us the horse’s perspective.
Rating: G, Word Count: 2288