A Good Beginning
A Good Beginning Over the years, I’ve written close to sixty books, but never have I penned a beginning sentence I am prouder of than the one that opens Too Much the Lion: A Novel of the Battle of Franklin, which is scheduled for a May 13 release. “Like the unceasing tears of the dying […]
How the West Was Fun!
Wednesday is the release date for Outlaw West of the Pecos, the seventh book in my comic western series “The Memoirs of H.H. Lomax.” The three previous volumes in the series have received Will Rogers Medallion Awards, two gold and one silver, for written western humor. In this volume Lomax must match wits against famed […]
Old West Hiss-tory
I am pleased to announce the publication of Cat Tales of the Old West: Poems, Puns and Perspectives on Frontier Felines.” the debut book of Bariso Press. This is a different type of project for me as it is a nonfiction work that looks at how cats were covered in 19th century newspapers west of […]
Gold & Silver Strike
We just returned from Fort Worth and the Will Rogers Medallion Award ceremony where I was honored with gold and silver medallions for written western humor. It is especially gratifying to win the humor honors in a competition named for Will Rogers, one of America’s greatest humorists and one whose clean-cut humor and observations are […]
Texas Institute of Letters
I am honored to announce I have been elected to membership in the prestigious Texas Institute of Letters. The distinguished literary society was established during the state’s 1936 Centennial to celebrate Texas literature and to recognize distinctive literary achievement. I am one of 14 being inducted in the class of 2021. To be added to […]
Way Up North
I am excited to share the cover of my latest H.H. Lomax historical novel North to Alaska, another beautiful front by artist and novelist Tony Masero. This is his third cover for me in the Lomax series, and I love them all. His previous Lomax covers include Bluster’s Last Stand, which I adored for its […]
Short Stuff
The highlight of the Independence Day Weekend for me was receiving official notification that two of my short stories—“The Hope Chest” and “A Grave Too Many”—were finalists for Will Rogers Medallion Awards, which will be presented in October in Fort Worth. “A Grave Too Many” was published in the Five Star Anthology Contention and Other […]
Rio Ruidoso
I’m excited to announce that Rio Ruidoso, the first book in my Three Rivers Trilogy on the Lincoln County War, was released this week as a Five Star Western from Gale, a Cengage Company. In many ways, this book was six decades in the making from the time I first visited Lincoln, New Mexico, as […]
Lomax Hits the Cattle Trail
I’m delighted to announce the release of First Herd to Abilene, the fifth volume in my Memoirs of H.H. Lomax series, by Wolfpack Publishing in e-book format on Amazon. This is my first original western from Wolfpack, and I am excited to continue the adventures of H.H. Lomax with this up-and-coming publisher. The cover by […]
The Hope Chest
As of mid-December Amazon’s No. 1 Bestseller for historical fiction anthologies was the The Spoilt Quilt and Other Frontier Stories: Pioneering Women of the West, which includes my tale “The Hope Chest” among 16 short stories. As a result, I can now claim to be a best-selling author! Or, at least 1/16th of a best […]