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Back in the Saddle Again

Preston Lewis Author Posted on April 3, 2018 by prestonlewisauthorApril 3, 2018

Writing is a creative, yet solitary endeavor.  What makes it worse is that writers, unlike painters or sculptors, don’t really have anything to frame or display when they are done other than a thick stack of typing paper, which is … Continue reading →

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Not Killing Custer

Preston Lewis Author Posted on March 4, 2018 by prestonlewisauthorMarch 4, 2018

My favorite fiction genre is the historical novel.  I’ve always loved history and have enjoyed reading and writing novels that insert fictional characters into historical events.  One of my favorite western historical novels of all time is The Court Martial … Continue reading →

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Bluster’s Dozen

Preston Lewis Author Posted on December 21, 2017 by prestonlewisauthorDecember 21, 2017

In researching Bluster’s Last Stand, I read close to a hundred books on Custer and the Little Bighorn in search of historical details and odd facts I could use in my novel.  The nice thing about writing fiction is that … Continue reading →

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Lomax Is Back!

Preston Lewis Author Posted on December 11, 2017 by prestonlewisauthorDecember 11, 2017

With the release of Bluster’s Last Stand by Wild Horse Press this fall, my loveable scoundrel H.H. Lomax has returned with another misadventure, this time culminating at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. The story of Lomax goes back to … Continue reading →

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A Camel Born at Sea

Preston Lewis Author Posted on December 3, 2017 by prestonlewisauthorDecember 3, 2017

My latest young adult novel, Just Call Me Uncle Sam, has now been published by Wild Horse Press.  This is my third juvenile novel, but the first where I had actual kids help me write it.  The book is the … Continue reading →

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Gentleman of Letters

Preston Lewis Author Posted on April 8, 2017 by prestonlewisauthorApril 8, 2017

I am proud to report that my western caper The Fleecing of Fort Griffin has received the Elmer Kelton Award for best creative work on West Texas from the West Texas Historical Association. It is always an honor to see … Continue reading →

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Old-Timer

Preston Lewis Author Posted on March 27, 2017 by prestonlewisauthorMarch 27, 2017

You know you are getting old when you read a history book and realize you knew nine of the people mentioned. Encountering those names was an unexpected pleasure when I got a review copy of Rounded Up in Glory:  Frank Reaugh, … Continue reading →

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Ideas Aplenty

Preston Lewis Author Posted on March 15, 2017 by prestonlewisauthorMarch 15, 2017

Probably the most frequent question I have gotten as a published author is this:  Where do you get your ideas?  My wife once asked me where I came up with all that stuff, though “stuff” was not her exact phraseology. … Continue reading →

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O.K. Song

Preston Lewis Author Posted on February 16, 2017 by prestonlewisauthorFebruary 16, 2017

Over the weekend I had occasion to re-watch Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, the 1957 movie that I first saw at the Yucca Theater in Midland, Texas, when I was a kid.  It was a wonderful movie that holds up … Continue reading →

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Billy the Kidder

Preston Lewis Author Posted on December 31, 2016 by prestonlewisauthorDecember 31, 2016

Some 135 years after his demise, Billy the Kid has made me a published poet, proving once again the long reach of the buck-toothed New Mexico outlaw.  My trail to writing poetry began in October 2015 with a National Geographic documentary … Continue reading →

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