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The following is based on various interviews from the past.
Tell me about yourself.
The first story I remember writing was
set on the windy plains of some northwestern state,
with a horse named Keno as the main character.
Green Grass of Wyoming, by Mary O'Hara (author of Thunderhead)
was indubitibly the inspiration.
So I must have been old enough to read parts of that book; but I was a precocious reader.
What motivated you to write?
My interest in historical fiction began
when characters in my first western ended up in Mexico,
and I later learned that a town I'd described as a dusty US tv western cowtown
was actually a colonial city in Mexico at that time.
Describe The Cordero Saga for someone who
hasn’t had the chance to read your work.
Four generations of a middle class Mexican family
struggle to come to terms with Destino.
Nine titles present an array of characters with their own conflicts and resolutions.
Treasure, revenge, honor, duty--and, of course, love--
are some of the threads binding the novels into a single epic story.
What would you like to get from the reviews you receive?
I'm interested in knowing whether the characters are believable,
the backstory is clear enough to follow the action,
and the dialog rings true.
And I always value personal responses to the work.
What makes your novels worth a read as printed paperbacks?
Tierra del Oro follows the lives of several sets of characters,
is set in an exotic yet accessible place and time,
and is rich with authentic historical and cultural details.
And there's a touch of humor here and there.
One story . . . one family . . . one continuing adventure!
A bit of backstory:
I once co-published 2 years of the
illustrated newsletter Bookmark Quarterly.
My paintings of Southern USA and Mexican landscapes and street scenes
are a source of pleasure, and modest income when I'm willing to part with them.
Other activities have included dressing display windows for local computer store,
editing documents and manuscripts for other writers,
and exhibiting at antiquarian book fairs.
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