Surprised Excerpt from Maps of Fate

The way west from St. Louis was arduous, the country vast and unforgiving, the weather violent and sudden. The greatest perils, though, were the other few, but determined—sometimes desperate—inhabitants of the great expanse of the lawless West. Sometimes a clash of culture, in some instances a grappling between good and evil, and in many cases a race […] more to read »

Tucson Book Festival

I spent a fabulous two days at the Tucson Book Festival. This event, with over 90,000 visitors, was organized to the T and was one of the largest concentrations of writing and publishing talent in one place that I have seen in a long time. I met a number of terrific big name authors with […] more to read »

Speaking of…!

On February 22 I had the great pleasure of spending time with and speaking to three groups of cadets at the Wyoming Youth Challenge on the Guernsey, Wyoming Army National Guard Base. It was even better than my first gig with WYC—and that rocked! The young adults and staff of the Wyoming Youth Challenge are […] more to read »

Maps of Fate-Prophecy Excerpt

The journeys of the Threads West characters evolve on many levels. The physical – Westward; the spiritual — hearing the land, feeling its energy; the American — beginning to understand, assimilate and be assimilated by that unique spirit which is ours alone as country and a nation, and romantic — the reality of personal interaction […] more to read »