#basque characters

Daily writing promptWhat principles define how you live?View all responses I keep it simple. Treat everyone with respect, even if you know they’re an idiot. Anger is like a match. Be careful with it. You could burn down the world with it. Know what to do after you’ve turned the other cheek. God is good. Good always triumphs over evil. Material things mean nothing. People are basically…

There are several questions that need to be answered in order to have a good investigation. They are, Who, What, When, Where, How, and Why! All that is front and center in my recent novel in the fifth book in The Lawman series. Its title is My Brother’s Keeper! Click on the Cover Picture to purchase on Amazon. So, here’s what we’d call the initial police report for that incident. On April 14,…

Daily writing promptDescribe a man who has positively impacted your life.View all responses Picture it. 1974. A young cowboy is trying to figure out what to do with himself for the rest of his life now that he’s graduated from high school. So, like so many of his peers, he goes to college. That young cowboy, of course, was me. I enrolled at Adams State College (now Adams State University). I…

Picture it. The middle of nowhere in the San Luis Valley. It’s early in the morning in April. We’re on US. Hwy 285 and at an imaginary line between two states, Colorado and New Mexico. A detective is lying in the dirt. He just took a bullet from a .357 Magnum in the chest. All that saved him was a bullet proof vest he was wearing. That doesn’t mean he isn’t hurt. The force of the bullet had to…

Before the next book comes out, I thought it would be nice if you at least knew a little about the area. Unlike Middle Earth or Narnia, these places exist. so, without further ado . . ANTONITO- I’m not native to the town, but I’ll always remember it with fondness. After all, I was a Police Officer there. I lived there. And there are tons of good people there, many who I’m proud to call friends.…

A writer’s job is never done. In a few weeks, the fifth book in the Lawman series will come out. It’s called My Brother’s Keeper. But I’m already working on the book after that. Two characters in my novel have helped to keep things moving forward. They are Will Diaz’s buddy RJ Madril and his significant other, Pam Harmon. I’ve hinted throughout the novels that RJ and Pam are involved. In the…

The Coyote chasing the Road Runner! I love the persistence of the Coyote, even when things don’t work out. Where anyone with half a brain would throw in the towel, he keeps trying. Man, some of the stuff he comes up with! if he sold them, he’d be living in clover. But then, of course, we wouldn’t have a show. I especially loved the episode where he finally caught the Road Runner and then had…