Category: Writing Challenges
Challenges from the Bonanza Brand Forums.
Mrs. Hardwicke’s Parlor (by Inca / aka Tye)
Summary: While studying in Boston, a young Adam Cartwright finds himself a part-time job – with unexpected benefits.
My response to Brand’s 13th anniversary R-rated challenge (to include the words “lacy lingerie”)
WC: 7150 Rating: MA (for sexual content)
Evil (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: Adam’s life changed to a darker tone one night when he and a young lady shared some apples. Now Little Joe likes those same apples and Adam wants to protect him but can’t tell him the whole story. You can read it here though.
Rating = PG Word count = 2135
BTR Sourdough Starters #17 – September 2019 (by BZTrailriders)
Summary: It’s the end of Summer. Use “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown”, “San Antonio Rose” as your OC Inspiration.
Rating: G, Word Count: 2380
A Heart-filled Royal Flush (by EROS)
Summary: Is she really the newest working girl in Virginia City? Written for Bonanza Brand’s R-Rated 13th Anniversary Writing Challenge.
Rating: R / Mature Audience only. Not extremely explicit, but close enough. (2,775 words)
One Night (by SJRCartwright)
Summary: Adam encounters a sweet angel in San Francisco. Written for the R-Rated Anniversary Challenge.
Rated: MA (sexual content)
Word Count: 2350
BTR Sourdough Starters #16 – August 2019 (by BZTrailriders)
Summary: Playing off the theme for the month – heat and water – “Proud Mary” (Water theme), “Ringo” (Desert theme).
Rating: G, Word Count: 2687
Regret (by VCLS)
Summary: A newcomer to Virginia City talks the Cartwrights into a decision they wish they’d never made.
Rated: K+
Word count: 13,184
A Stray Named Muffin (by wx4rmk)
Summary: A simple trip into town turns into something that will change the Cartwright’s lives forever. Written for August 2019 Chaps & Spurs.
Rating: K+ / Word Count: 1821
Shadows and Fears (by VCLS)
Summary: As the Cartwright brothers and Candy travel home from Sacramento in the summer of 1862, the journey takes an unexpected, and possibly deadly, twist, leaving Ben worried, with no idea what kind of mess they’re tangled in, who the enemy is, or what is wanted.
Rated: K+
Word Count: 14,800
Turmoil (by Belle)
Summary: When family is in danger, should the past remain forgotten?
Rated: K+
Word Count: 9829
Truth Will Out (by Bakerj)
Summary: Can the Cartwright family strength overcome the trouble brought to them by an ambitious man and his pretty daughter?
Rating: K+
Word Count: 9532
The Return (by Sibylle)
Summary: Adam’s upcoming return from Boston affects his brothers in an unexpected way.
Rated: K+
Word Count: 1,015
Mission (by Patina)
Summary: WHN for Desert Justice. Adam and Hoss accompanied Dave Walker to Los Angeles to make sure their friend arrived alive for trial. When Walker escapes from jail, Marshal Emmett Dowd enlists the Cartwrights’ help to track Walker down.
Word Count: 5437
Rating: T
Security Redux (by Cheaux)
Summary: A WHN for Season 4’s “The Hayburner.” When last we saw our intrepid heroes, Adam was in measured and methodical solitary pursuit of Hoss, whilst Joe and Ben made a wager on the outcome . . . with security, of course.
Rated: K+
Word Count: 3,000
The Englishman and His Wayward Horse (by Sierra Girl)
Summary: It should have been a routine cattle drive. But what with Hop Sing announcing it was doomed from the start, and then the arrival of an Englishman and his eccentric horse, the cattle drive was to be anything but.
Rated: K+
Word Count: 7750
