It’s been an eventful 24 hours. I received the first printed pages of the Elizabeth Custer book from my editor and had to redo numerous endnotes because sections of the various chapters had been moved from one to the other. Revisions and corrections had to be turned back into Globe early this morning. I want read more…

It’s that time of year when one reviews what has taken place over the last 12 months and vows to make changes. It got me wondering if people in the Old West celebrated New Years. Outside of the usual revelry that took place at a saloon I couldn’t find many references to particular parties being read more…

I wrote a children’s book a few years ago entitled Cowboy True’s Christmas Adventure.  The proceeds from the sales of the book have gone to benefit the Prison Fellowship Ministry.  I like to share five review copies with readers at this time of the year. If you’d like a free copy of the holiday title drop read more…

The research I’m doing on the outlaws of the Old West has been a real education. If the bad man of the Old West reasoned or excused himself they usually said something like, “I am individual more important to myself than anyone else” or “Cattle, gold, and silver were created for man to use. I read more…

I have spent the last three days working on a revised and updated version of the book Outlaw Tales of California. Specifically, I have been writing about a murderer named James Gilbert Jenkins. Raised in Gentry County, Missouri, his early childhood could only be described as idyllic. When Jenkins was 9 years-old, however a man read more…

The SASS Convention was truly a one of a kind experience. While on the convention floor I strolled through an array of western shops, watched a few shooting exhibitions, sat in on a lecture about Tombstone, and enjoyed a great concert by Riders in the Sky. From what I understand, attendance was off for the read more…

I’m off to Las Vegas tomorrow to speak to the attendees at the Single Action Shooters Society Convention at the Riviera Hotel. The topic of speech is 10 Loves Lessons Learned by Women of the Old West. I’m looking forward to being surrounded by people who love the Old West. I need the distraction at read more…

The more time I spend researching the lives of the women who dared to venture west in the mid 1850s, the more I realize that some of life’s best lessons came from those brave souls. For example, Tamsen Donner, wife of the leader of the fatal expedition over the Sierra Mountains learned that one should read more…

The holiday season seems to have arrived with a fury. It snuck up on me while I was working on a massive church event. For the last several weeks I’ve been working on the Christmas in Bethlehem program at church. We transform the interior of the building to look like Bethlehem during the time Christ read more…