Writer's world: New posts in red
Huge Montana and Lubbock stories. Pics of my son from UWYO, and December '08 and April '09 TTU stories about me. Michael Phelps book I wrote for St. Martin's Press was the cover story in Publishers Weekly, Czech and Hungarian covers. Out next: Kanye West   bio for Greenwood and Everything Kids Basketball Book.   

Finish line for Ph.D. in sight -- and hired at SFA!

Besides my son, my proudest accomplishment is that I am finishing my Ph.D. (transcript) at Texas Tech University in Lubbock and defending my dissertation this summer. I am the author of 40 books, see deals from Publishers Weekly 1, 2, 3. My career in newspapers ended when I quit my full-time job to raise my son alone. Things worked out well; book  and a freelance career in magazines paid the bills, and my writing for Web sites  keeps my reporting sharp.

10/21/08 Michael Phelps: The Untold Story of a Champion from St. Martin's Press. Excerpt(1) (2) (3)!

06/02/08 - What though the Odds with Haley Scott DeMaria overcoming paralysis. USA Today, ESPN. Haley on Arizona TV.

Never Stop Pushing a CBS Early Show "Top Summer Read." NBC's replay of historic win. SI story.

09/30/07 - Bets, Drugs and Rock and Roll, about  Internet gambling.

03/04/08 - The Complete Idiot's Guide to Running Injury-Free, review!