Writer's Cozy Cabin Companion
Author Friends and Neighbors
Leaning over the back fence, greeting my writer friends. I hope you'll read their books and novels, articles and stories, and visit their websites soon.
"When it is dark enough, you can see the stars." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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   Velda Brotherton Congratulations, Velda, for receiving your Lifetime Achievement Award!
Look for Velda's creative nonfiction book - FLY WITH THE MOURNING DOVE, Life On a New Mexico Homestead.
Historical, Mainstream, Western, Romance, Mystery, Creative Non-Fiction At a recent book signing in Ft. Smith, AR, the Ft. Smith mayor declared Dec. 9th Velda Brotherton Day and gave Velda Brotherton a replica casting of the original key to Hanging Judge Parker's jail. This was the first time this honor was bestowed on an individual author. Though always interested in creative writing, Velda Brotherton waited until her two children grew up and started families of their own before she seriously began to write. The first contest she entered earned her first place in the Western division and that novel went on to become her first published work. Velda welcomes the opportunity to speak at conferences and panel discussions.
Linda is a writer and a speaker. Her writing includes both fiction and non-fiction. She is currently working on a historical novel set during the 1850 Gold rush. Linda writes devotionals, some of which have appeared in The Upper Room and The Secret Place. She has also been published in numerous Chicken Soup for the Soul books, including: Chicken Soup for the Nurses Soul, The Working Woman's Soul, Living Your Dreams, The Father & Daughter Soul, the Grandmother's Soul, Mothers' of Preschoolers Soul and Mother and Son's Soul. She speaks for women's groups, writing groups, and is currently on the speaking circuit for Stonecroft Ministries. You may reach her at: Email: lindacapple@gmail.com ~
Jory Sherman, Western Author
Available May 6, 2008: THE SAVAGE TRAIL
THE SADNESS OF AUTUMN Now, for the first time, a collection of Jory Sherman's stories set in the Ozarks has been published by www.AWOC.COM Publishing in a handsome trade paperback format. With a title taken from one of the stories, The Sadness of Autumn contains a wide variety of tales written by this master storyteller. Pulitzer nominee, Jory Sherman, has been a full-time writer for over forty years. Sherman began his writing career as a poet in San Francisco, and has had four books of poetry published, all of which went through multiple printings. A prolific author, Sherman has published more than 300 novels since 1965, with Doubleday, Zebra, Avon, Berkley, Walker & Co., Tor, Forge, Bantam, Major Books, Pinnacle, The First Ozark Press, White Oak Press, and others. He has created and packaged series for Avon, Harlequin Gold Eagle, Pinnacle, Paperjacks, Zebra, Bantam, and others. Jory Sherman's stories have appeared in Tales of the American West, the WWA Spur Winners Anthology, published by NAL, Richard S. Wheeler, Editor, (COMES THE HUNTER); and the WWA Short Story Anthology, American West. Loren D. Estleman, Editor, published by Forge Books (THE SNOWS OF AUGUST). Read the West, an electronic magazine, published his original short story, THE FILLY, in its April, 1999 e-zine, and his story, SHADOWS AT SUNSET, in the February, 2000 issue. Sherman recently had stories published in the Ozarks Mystery Anthology (AVENGING ANGEL), Skyward Publishers, Edited by Ellen Gray Massey, and the Writing on Walls Anthology (THE SADNESS OF AUTUMN), in association with The Storyteller Magazine. Jory was recently presented with the Ozark Writers League Gene Andereck award in recognition for his excellent writing for WHITE WATER RUN.
With her rich, multi-dimensional characters and extraordinary use of atmosphere, Linda creates touching love stories that blur the lines of modern reality and immerse her reader directly into the heart of the past.
Two brothers... One woman. Award-winning Texas author Linda Broday's writing odyssey began with poems, school papers, short stories, and articles. She progressed to full-length manuscripts after she married and had three children.
|   M. G. Miller A native Arkansan, M. G. Miller attended the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, where he majored in English & Literature. In 1997, his novel BAYOU JESUS (Cavern Press 2005) received First Place from the Oklahoma Writers Federation. In the years that followed, the novel also garnered a Deep South Prize from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (1999), as well as an Arkansas Governor's Award (2000) as part of a larger body of work: BAYOU JESUS, SEVEN DEVILS and IDOL GODS. In 1998, Miller was also the First Place recipient of the Arkansas State Writers competition for his novel about carnival life, WHITE TRASH. A member of several writers' organizations throughout Arkansas and Oklahoma, Miller lives in Fayetteville, AR, and is currently at work on a true crime book entitled MURDEROUS. . Miller is the former editor for Cavern Press' Surreal Magazine.
Radine Trees Nehring
RADINE TREES NEHRING and her husband John have called Arkansas home since 1988, and spent weekends in the state for over ten years prior to that time. She began writing about the Ozarks in 1986, has many magazine and newspaper credits, and was a broadcast journalist with her own program, "Arkansas Corner Community News," for ten years. Nehring's non-fiction book, DEAR EARTH: A LOVE LETTER FROM SPRING HOLLOW--published in 1995--won the Arkansas Governor's Award for best writing about the state and the Dan Saults Award from Ozarks Writers League, as well as a number of other honors. She is the author of several published short stories and an award-winning mystery novel series set in Arkansas. You can read more about the Ozarks and about Radine Trees Nehring and her books on her web site, which includes links to popular tourist destinations in Arkansas.
"When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving much advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a gentle and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares. " ~Henri Nouwen "Out of Solitude"
Lee Ann Russell, Writer and Photographer
Lee Ann Russell is a free-lance writer and photographer with numerous awards for poetry, fiction, non-fiction and photography from local, regional and national contests. Lee Ann Russell is available to give poetry readings and lectures to various writers' and civic groups. To order Lee Ann's book, How to Write Poetry, Ballad to Villanelle, please send a $16.50 check or money order payable to Lee Ann Russell, 1004 N. Rogers, Springfield, MO 65802. ~
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Dusty Richards, Western Author
Look for Dusty's novel, THE HORSE CREEK INCIDENT on stands now. CONGRATULATIONS, mi amigo, DUSTY - DOUBLE SPUR AWARD WINNER 2007 At the Western Writers of America 2007 Convention, Dusty was awarded two Spur Awards. Spurs are the highest honor in western writing. They have a fifty-three year tradition of being the coveted award of merit for western authors. In the history of the Spur contest no author has won two Spurs in one year - until now. THE HORSE CREEK INCIDENT by Dusty Richards won best paperback book of the year. The second Spur was presented to Dusty for best short fiction of the year. A novella, (it is on Amazon dot com shorts)—COMANCHE MOON part one and two.
The National Cowboy Symposium and Gathering in Lubbock, Texas, recently presented Dusty Richards with their lifetime achievement award (National Cowboy Culture Award for western writing) for his writing and generous efforts to help others in their endeavors to write, as per Alvin Davis, the Symposium chairman. Past recipients include Max Evans and Elmer Kelton.
In 1992, his first novel, Noble's Way was published. In 2003, his novel The Natural won the Oklahoma Writer's Federation Fiction Book of the Year Award. In 2004, The Abilene Trail won the same award. An author of over 60 novels, Dusty invests much of his time helping others who want to learn how to write by speaking at seminars and conferences all over the United States. He serves on the board of Ozark Creative Writers Conference held annually in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, as well as on the boards of the Ozarks Writers League in Branson, Missouri, and the Oklahoma Writers Federation. He also serves on the board of his local electric co-op, and of the Springdale, Arkansas PRCA rodeo. He is a past board member of the Western Writers of America. In 2004 he was inducted into the Arkansas Writers Hall of Fame.
Jodi Thomas 2006 Winner of the Rita Award New York Times best-selling author Jodi Thomas’ novel, TEXAS RAIN, was published November '06. It's the first novel in her “Whispering Mountain” series. TEXAS PRINCESS, the second
Look for TWISTED CREEK on stores April 1st.
Jodi’s website, http://www.jodithomas.com is where readers can learn more about her books. Regina Cook Williams, editor, Storyteller Magazine Award winning author - winner of Two Dan Saults Awards Ms. Williams is not only the Editor/Publisher, she is also the Founder of The Storyteller Magazine.
Steve Whisnant
Award winning short stories by Steve Whisnant Steve Whisnant's first novel, Department of Corrections (D.O.C.), placed in several contests. Since 2000, Steve has won or placed in 61 contests for his short stories, and published a collection of them in early 2005 through SkyMacSyd Publishing entitled Yesterday Again. Click book to visit Steve's site.
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For Lois, till we meet again - As long as I live I will eat chocolate for both of us. I will kiss puppies for both of us. I will cry at sad movies for both of us. I may not always feel pretty, but I will wear purple for both of us. As long I am breathing, Lois, my dear and brave friend, I will sing for both of us. I will dance even when I feel broken, and I will run the good race . . . . . . for both of us. ~Lynn I have fought a good fight. I have finished my course. 2nd Timothy 4:7 In memory of my beautiful friend, Christian and Inspirational author, Lois Hilton Spoon, author of Running As Fast As I Can, a Breast Cancer Survivor's Book. Published by Obadiah Press And for my younger sister, Catherine, who is a breast cancer survivor. "Have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms, or books written in a very foreign l anguage. Don't search for answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is . . . to live everything."~Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet | ||
Second in the series featuring Sheriff Herschel Baker
