Getting Close to Christmas
Winter is the time when there is little more to do than chores, and occasionally stare at the southern sky, wishing for more light and sunsh
Writing Your Book Part 5 - Forget Mainline Presses. I Just Want to Publish my Book!
Self-publishing outlets were in the past viewed as career killers for authors. It may now be a reasonably good second choice...
Writing Your Book – Part 4 – Where is the Elusive Agent?
For any beginning author, navigating the treacherous shoals of publishing in today’s over-crowded market is akin to surfing the Great Barrie
Writing Your Book – Part 3 – The Manuscript
Finally! You’ve written the book. This may be a best seller. Eagerly you surf through Writer’s Digest sized volumes and internet sites for t
Writing Your Book – Part 2 – How Do I Start
Congratulations! You’ve decided to go for it, to put in the daily time to actually make that book happen. You’ve carved an hour or maybe eve
I’d like to Write a Book
How does one make that leap from starry-eyed wannabe’, to serious butt-in-the-chair-author with a published dream on book store shelves? Thi
The Rancher's Backstop?
On the other side of a dirt track in the hill country of Guanajuato, Antonio, a local rancher is helping to build a stone wall. He also mana
My Mexico... for your Bucket List
Mexico! The country awakens a score of emotions. For those who live at least a few hundred miles from America’s southern border, the country
My flight is booked
It’s been said that writers should only write about what they know. Good advice. When I head to the corrals or out along a fence line, it’s
