“Why did the buffalo cross the road?” “Dude, I didn’t stop it to ask questions!” Hi! I’m home! There will be a trip report at some point, probably at BookView Cafe, and my photos are up on Flickr, but for now just know that it was wonderful, my travel companion Jaym Gates is awesome, even …
I spent much of the weekend making plans for the research trip for the current WiP (Book 2 of The Devil’s West.).  If nothing else, by the end of this series, I will know my country a hell of a lot better via boots-on-the-ground… (we’ll be driving from Washington State to Wyoming via Idaho and …
Over at Book View Cafe, I talk about travel and research, in “There and Back Again, or “Why are you here?”
Do I have any minions out there in western Kansas? Do you own cameras (or picture-taking devices)? Are you not afraid to go out into the uncivilized lands (aka “away from large structures and/or roads”) and bring back some landscapes shots? (With extra bonus points if you live anywhere near the Red Hills) Sign on, …
If a picture’s worth a thousand words, then here’s a blogpost about what I’ve been up to recently… (the research-corner of my office, currently given over to material for SILVER ON THE ROAD.  The brown paper on the wall hosts a rotating series of post-its and relevant-to-the-chapter information, while the …
William Bartram, 1739-1823 Travels Through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws; Containing An Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of Those Regions, Together with Observations on the Manners of the Indians. Embellished with …