Blog Posts
It Was In the Cards
Like most of my boyhood peers, I collected trading cards, most of which were baseball cards. But I did collect a few others, such as
Wings of Redemption
When I started the Memoirs of H.H. Lomax series, Bantam asked me to do one of the three books on Jesse James. I went along
Latest Book Cover
It’s always fun to get a new book cover, even if it is for a reprint. This is the planned cover for Mix-Up at the O.K.
Connections to the Past
One of the things I love about history is the connections you can make to the past. This past week, Harriet and I made a
Spur Begats Spur
It’s always good to see hard work pay off as it did last week for Patrick Dearen, a Sterling City native and longtime writer friend
Western Writers Hall of Fame
During the Western Writers of America convention, I had the opportunity to attend this year’s induction into the Western Writers Hall of Fame. After the
Fort Griffin Fandangle
Of all the Old West towns I’ve read about over the years, Fort Griffin, remains my favorite, but not until this year had I ever
Texas Falling
I missed the first installment of Texas Rising as I was out of town, but picked up the second part of the History Channel’s mini-series.
Writing Mentor: David McHam
One of my luckiest breaks in life was attending Baylor University when I did because I was able to get a journalism education under David