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Looks like I'll be heading to St. Louis, MO, on June 19 and 20 for the WWA annual convention. Nothing like a 12-hour drive to remind you of long-gone rodeo days, right? The convention runs from June 17-20, but I'll only be able to attend Friday and Saturday. Not sure what all I will have on tap for there, but following a conversation with fellow authors Reavis Wortham and John Gilstrap at Bouchercon in New Orleans in the fall, I think I'll be pushing pretty hard to find an ag

Bouchercon 2025--BLOOD ON THE BAYOU: CASE CLOSED--at the Marriott Hotel in New Orleans Sept. 3-7, 2025. I was extremely excited about this conference. I had originally been scheduled to moderate a panel on writer's block for the New Orleans Bouchercon back in 2022, but a huge spike in COVID cases in New Orleans proper that year canceled the conference only two weeks before the starting date. We rolled into New Orleans on Wednesday about noon. While settling into the room, my

Forgot to put this in the News and Events last summer, but I taught a three-day short story workshop in Colorada in June 2023 at Trinidad...

I just registered for Bouchercon 2025--BLOOD ON THE BAYOU: CASE CLOSED--at the Marriott Hotel in New Orleans Sept. 3-7, 2025. I am...

A reminder that my books--The Texas Rodeo Murder and The Short Go--are available for Christmas presents. Autographed copies are available...

Received notification that my presentation, Defeating Writers Block, will be at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 8, at DFWCon. So, if you think...

Come see me at DFWCon!

The last year or so wreaked havoc on at least MY writing conference appearances. Got selected for DFWCon in June of 2020 and then it got...

Just got confirmation last week that I will be participating in two panels at Bouchercon 2021 in August in New Orleans. I will be...

Well, I am officially registered for Bouchercon 2021 Blood on the Bayou Post Mortem. I and everyone involved with Bouchercon are hoping...

Just got word that the Dallas Fort Worth Writers Conference has been cancelled for June 2020 due to the COVID-19 situation. I am so sorry...

I just received word that I will be presenting a session at DFWCon: The Dallas-Forth Worth Writers Conference in June in Hurst, TX. The...

Well, I've been pretty quiet the last year. In January, I referenced a "secret assignment" that was keeping me busy that I could reveal...

Well, it has been one hectic year, this past 2018 (as opposed to the NEXT 2018???). About 18 months ago, the great guys at Advantage...

I will be signing copies of my rodeo novel, The Texas Rodeo Murder, at King's Landing June 10 from 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at 1427 S. Valley...

When I pulled up at the Heart of Texas Sisters in Crime meeting Sunday in Austin, the first person I recognized was Dave Ciambrone from...

Spent a delightful Sunday afternoon with the Heart of Texas Sisters in Crime in Austin listening to a program presented by Miles...

A good friend of mine and fellow Waco author, Michael Bracken, is being honored with the Edward D. Hoch Memorial Golden Derringer Award...

Heading for the Big Easy Sept. 14-19! If that's not good enough, it's for a mystery writing conference--Bouchercon World Mystery...

Dr. Wright Gooder, Prof. Steampunk, and George Wilhite We now have a new website. Still in the works, but check it out at:...