I need to state that this isn’t political conversation for me. I think the left and right alike would be sorely disappointed with my political views, but that’s another post completely. What this is, is a human issue. I have always had a deep need to understand more about how humans can treat each other …

In the summer of 2017, my third novel, In the Shadow of the Hanging Tree was released. The book is set during and just after the American Civil War. It’s not, however, a war novel. The book was reviewed recently by a northern California newspaper. It was a good review; the kind every author hopes …

Here are a few excerpts I’ve selected from In the Shadow of the Hanging Tree. Excerpt 1: “The white man only knows desire,” said Standing Elk. “He knows nothing of contentment. His heart is dry and withered and he seeks to revive it with that of which has no medicine. He is careless and wasteful …