Some days it seems Abe Lincoln has a brighter future than I do. After weeks of waiting and hoping, AMC has passed on making a film of Thunder Over the Prairie. They could be persuaded to change their minds if there was a prominent actor or director attached to the film project. I phoned Robert read more…

I’ve been working with the prison fellowship ministry for three years now and I enjoy getting information about the men and women inside who have changed their lives for the better. In spite of the horrific setting, these individuals have managed to turn it around. One man I read about yesterday was in jail for read more…

It’s so good to finally be home. It feels like I’ve been away a long time. I guess travel will do that to you. Tombstone was great! Linda and Nancy at Old West Books are the kind of people every author hopes to work with. They did a wonderful job of staging the store event. read more…

One last thing for today. Let me say how very much I miss my brother and how I wish he was still here.

I’m heading to Arizona tomorrow. I look forward to visintg Linda’s Books in Tombstone where I’ll be signing copies of Frontier Teachers. I envy Linda. That seems like the life. Living in Tombstone and running an Old West bookstore. I’ve been working on the first chapter of a new western book for Bethany House Publishing. read more…

I’ve written twenty-two books and am still trying to navigate my way through the publicity maze. Some of the highly publicized signings I’ve done at big stores like Barnes & Noble in Reno, Nevada resulted in only two interested parties purchasing books. Conversely, I’ve done signings for book clubs where there was no notice but read more…

Friday’s meeting with the studio head in Los Angeles didn’t turn out like the meetings I’ve attended usually do. In the past when I’ve traveled to meet someone who said they were interested in my work it generally turned out to be an exercise in ego. The “head of development” usually didn’t have any pull read more…

The local launch for Frontier Teachers is this evening at the Book Seller in downtown Grass Valley. I was happy to find out that Globe had paid for an ad to be run about the signing in the paper. I didn’t know they did that. Good to know. I never leave a book store without read more…

I was right in the middle of working on chapter seven of the Buffalo Bill Cody book when I got a call from Clint Black today. He’s currently in New York working on Celebrity Apprentice. I like that show. I watched it last year and thought Trace Adkins was the best player. I hope Clint read more…

A phone conversation with Edmonds Entertainment has given me renewed hope that the Roy Rogers Dale Evans movie is a little closer to getting made. Clint Black spoke with the company a few months ago and told them about the project. They asked to see the material and my agent sent it along. Howard Kazanjian read more…