Western Sting
My latest comic western The Fleecing of Fort Griffin is now available in trade paperback and e-book formats through online retailers. Set in 1878 on the West Texas frontier, the novel begins when Baron Jerome Manchester Paget arrives in Fort Griffin with a satchel-full of money intent on starting a buffalo ranch and finding a […]
Tie-In Writer
It seems I was a wanted man for almost two decades, and I didn’t even know it. Besides that, in the end I wound up outing myself and getting fingered for writing three books. As a result, I am now a new member of the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers (IAMTI). This story began […]
Holliday Road
Of all the Old West characters I have encountered in my readings over the years, Billy the Kid and Doc Holliday remain my two favorite, so I was excited to learn that Karen Holliday Tanner, the closest living relative to Doc Holliday, was attending the recent Wild West History Association meeting in Oklahoma City. Karen […]
A Fan with Connections
Over the years I have learned that being an author has its flattering moments, none more so for me than at my first Wild West History Association (WWHA) meeting this month in Oklahoma City. We went at the encouragement of Mike Cox, a longtime writer friend, Texas Rangers expert and editor of the association’s journal. […]
A Fickle Mistress
History can be a fickle mistress, especially when you learn it wasn’t so! Years ago, I fell in love with the photograph and story of Lottie Deno, a mysterious yet virtuous female gambler who maintained her purity as she traveled to some of the roughest towns in frontier Texas. Then she just disappeared from Texas. […]
History on the House
We spent this past weekend attending the Lone Star History Conference at the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum in Waco. I’ve attended a lot of history programs over the years but this would rank at the top in terms of entertaining programs and, more importantly, the concept of taking history to the public. […]
Hard Times
The Redemption of Jesse James is now back in print and available in both hardback and e-book format from Amazon. Never fond of Jesse James as a historical figure, I made him a peripheral character in this historical novel and focused on life in Washington County, Arkansas, during the Civil War. Since my Lewis ancestors […]
Bluster’s Last Stand
Last night at a quarter to midnight, I finished the first draft of the fourth volume of The Memoirs of H.H. Lomax, a project that has preoccupied me for the past four months, but especially the last six weeks. I typically go through three drafts with the first being the most difficult because I have […]
Redemption Redux
The cover is now finalized and I’ve completed the final proofing, so The Redemption of Jesse James should be back in print and in e-book versions in a few weeks. One of the nice things about getting the books in The Memoirs of H.H. Lomax back in circulation is that it has allowed me to reconnect […]
Six-Pack
Here’s the next stage of the cover design for The Fleecing of Fort Griffin, a western caper scheduled for release later this year by Wild Horse Media in Fort Worth. There may be a few tweaks, but this will be the general look of the new cover. As things now stand with the tentative Wild […]