Darla Sue Dollman
Darla Sue Dollman+ has a BA in English and MFA in Creative Writing from Colorado State University where she taught creative writing, literature, composition, and first-year introductory courses. She also taught Composition courses at the University of Northern Colorado and Technical Business Writing at Aims Community College. She has 32 years experience as a freelance investigative journalist and staff journalist for publications such as the Littleton Independent and the Rio Rancho Observer, and editor for numerous newspapers and magazines, including TV Guide Magazine's Montana edition and the Niwot Tribune. She wrote restaurant review columns for many years for publications such as The Denver Catholic Register and Albuquerque Living Magazine.
She currently has numerous works of fiction and nonfiction available online and in print. Recent print publications include "The Ludlow Massacre," published in the November 2009 issue of History Magazine and "Blood on the Sangre de Christos," a short fiction piece included in the anthology Midnight Lullabies.
Dollman wrote numerous biographies for the website History's Women:The Unsung Heroines, including Christina Georgina Rossetti and Mother Jones.
Dollman is an amateur wildlife photographer and has photographs on display in Johnson City, Texas. She is particularly interested in photographing vultures, hawks and eagles, and often writes about endangered species. She writes about birds, lizards, and other little creatures at: Blessed Little Creatures, a blog she has maintained since 2008.
Dollman spent her childhood camping, backpacking, and exploring ghost towns with her family in the Colorado Rocky Mountains and now spends her spare time exploring old mining camps and ghost towns in Texas, New Mexico and Colorado. She is a constant student of the history of the American West. Dollman writes about the history of the American West at: Wild West History,
Dollman is also a dedicated fan of silent films, early talkies, and Westerns. She studied acting and film as a teenager and now does most of her writing late in the evening to the background sounds of black and white films on the television. These films and their exceptionally-talented actors and actresses often become the subjects of her articles for Suite 101. Dollman also writes about classic films at Classics!
Dollman also loves the water, has owned a wide variety of boats through the years and competed in many regattas throughout the Southwest.
Gustnadoes: Dust Devils in Thunderstorms by Darla Sue Dollman received an Editor's Choice Award from Suite 101 in October of 2011, and The Hoof Prints and Heart Beats Organization: Healing with Horses received an Editor's Choice Award from Suite 101 in November of 2011. In December of 2011, her article Henry Stephens Salt and the Argument for Animal Rights also received an Editor's Choice Award.
Latest Articles
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Book Review: Baroness by Susan May Warren
Lilly and Rosie are cousins from starkly different backgrounds struggling to adjust to their radically changing lives during the Roaring Twenties.
Apr 17, 2012
- Darla Sue Dollman
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Book Review: The Keeper by Suzanne Woods Fisher
Once again, Roman Troyer, the Bee Man, has convinced Julia's fiance to postpone the wedding, and Julia is suspicious of Roman's motivations.
Mar 29, 2012
- Darla Sue Dollman
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Book Review: Beauty for Ashes by Dorothy Love
Dorothy Love continues her Hickory Ridge series in post-Civil War Tennessee following the struggles of the young widow, Carrie Daly.
Mar 5, 2012
- Darla Sue Dollman
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Representations of Women in Film & TV: Mary Magdalene
The life of Mary Magdalene as discussed in the Christian Bible is portrayed in various and controversial ways on film and television.
Feb 4, 2012
- Darla Sue Dollman
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Representations of Women in Film & TV: Maid Marian
Best known as the wife of Robin Hood, Maid Marian's on-screen character has evolved through the years from delicate virgin to woman warrior.
Jan 3, 2012
- Darla Sue Dollman
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Representations of Women in Film & TV: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, wife of the 35th American president, married to one of the richest men in the world--how was she portrayed on the screen?
Dec 21, 2011
- Darla Sue Dollman
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Matt Ellerbeck: Fighting for the Rights of Snakes
Matt Ellerbeck, The Snake Man, is an award-winning animal rights activist and wildlife conservationist who has dedicated his life to helping snakes.
Dec 12, 2011
- Darla Sue Dollman
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Burrogate 2007 & 2011: Saving Wild Burros in Big Bend
Is it time for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to admit they are turning state parks into hunting ranches for the wealthy?
Nov 19, 2011
- Darla Sue Dollman
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The Blue Norther of 1948: Prelude to a Deadly Winter
The Blue Norther of 1948 was a deadly blizzard that left residents of the American Midwest, particularly Nebraska, stunned by its suddenness and ferocity.
Nov 9, 2011
- Darla Sue Dollman
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Derechos: Widespread, Long-Lived Windstorms
Derechos are windstorms generally associated with thunderstorms that assume a curved, or bowed shape, producing waves of winds with deadly force!
Nov 7, 2011
- Darla Sue Dollman
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