Seatwork
When the kids were young and we would ask them what they did in school that day, they would often answer “nothing, just seatwork.” Now that I am retired, I have plenty time for writing or seatwork, as I have come to call it. Generally, I aim for 10 or more pages a weekday. […]
Billy the Who?
Nearly everyone has heard of the American folk legend Billy the Kid, but I daresay few today have heard of Walter Noble Burns. The fact is, however, that without Walter Noble Burns few Americans would likely know about Billy the Kid today. By the turn of the 20th century, the story of Billy the Kid […]
Lomax is Back!
The Demise of Billy the Kid is back in print and available at Amazon. The e-book version will be out shortly. Check it out on Amazon. Here are the Amazon comments from previous editions: 5 Stars, by Steven R. Hoover “Steve Hoover”on July 4, 2014: The “Lomax” books by Preston Lewis are funny and enjoyable. […]
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 what I called “Outlaw Cards” back in the 1960s. Though all of my baseball cards have disappeared, except for one, I ran across my Outlaw Cards the other day while […]
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 with the request even though Jesse James was not one of my favorite characters from the Old West. While I was not as excited about this book as I was about […]
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. Corral, the third volume in The Memoirs of H.H. Lomax. It’s not the typical western cover, though it has grown on me. Compare it to the cover of The Demise […]
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 connection all the way back to the Declaration of Texas Independence through Noah T. Byars, who is buried in Brownwood’s Greenleaf Cemetery. A South Carolina native and subsequent Georgia resident, […]
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 who now lives in Midland. Patrick earned a Spur Award from Western Writers of America for Best Western Traditional Novel for his book, The Big Drift, which is set in West […]
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 2015 ceremony, the Hall of Fame, which is housed at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming, has 91 members. Due to my association with WWA for […]
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 had the opportunity to attend the Fort Griffin Fandangle, produced by the citizens of nearby Albany, Texas. We attended the opening performance of the 77th edition of the Fandangle on […]