Big Changes in the Western Publishing World!


My friend and publisher J.C. Hulsey ()the Old Cowboy), of Outlaws Publishing, is retiring. My books that were issued by Outlaws were moved to another, back to Outlaws, and are now officially out of print/circulation. All is not lost, though. All those titles will move over to DS Publications, which has my Caleb Johnson, Lincoln Croft, Jacob Blade, and other series. So, fans of Tom Steele and some of the others please be patient
For Bass Reeves fan, more good news. I ran it past Nick Wales, the smartest publicist in the business, and my online chess partner, about combining the 13 or 14 Bass Reeves stories I’ve written into several multi-story volumes. Working on that now and hope to have the first one available no later than the end of April.
Wishing the Old Cowboy the best in retirement. He’s one of a kind and the western genre owes him a great debt.
Why Think Tanks Matter in Times of Crisis
Nigeria and the Nation-State – FPRI Book Talk
The Growth of Russia’s Influence in Africa
U.S. Policy Toward Africa
The Doorstep: Opportunities for a New U.S. Policy Toward African Nations, with Ambassador Charles A. Ray
Ray’s Ruminations
Several weeks ago, my good Facebook friend, Gigi Estrella, aka Gigi Star, a radio personality who can be heard on 84.3iFM from Bacalod, Philippines, urged me to write a column for a local newspaper. Gigi can be heard at https://www.radionowonline.com/2018/04/listen-to-ifm-943-bacolod-video.html on Sunday mornings US time playing all the romantic oldies.


But, I digress. I agreed to write the column, thinking it would be no big deal. First one appeared on line, looked good, so I decided to do four a month, and sent them along to the editor. What I didn’t know until today is that my column had been promoted in advance, and was also appearing in the print version of the paper in a very prominent position. Good things come in bunches. Last month I had seven of my titles in Amazon’s Top 100 best selling westerns and now I can call myself a newspaper columnist with an international audience. On top of everything else, they also promoted three of my westerns in the second column.


Now, ain’t that something to crow about?
The Ethiopian-Tigray Conflict
The Outlaws are Gone, but Longhorn’s Here!
When Outlaw Publishing went out of business, a lot of my westerns went out of print, including the popular Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves series and the Texas Ranger J.D. Pettit series. Well, Longhorn Publishing is picking them up, so keep on the lookout for them.
Here are some of the most recent ones:

