Tuesday Truth 4/10/18-My early writing career

Hey, in case you hadn’t guessed, there is no teaser today. My apartment is about half packed, and the moving truck arrives on Saturday. I have two more evenings to pack. Man, I hate moving.

Have you ever wondered how some writers began writing? Well, I started in High School. I have dozens of hand scribbled stories in spiral bound notebooks. In college I moved up to using a typewriter and lots and LOTS of correction tape. I created cheesy covers for them and put them in clear plastic folders. And here they are, 35 years later.

As I was going through a box to see if its contents should be thrown away or packed, I found a series that I had laboriously typed (on a typewriter!) back in 198… *mumble, mumble* Wow! Talk about a blast from the past! I am glad to report that I have improved immensely as a writer since then. Yet, the stories themselves are good. It takes place in west Texas in the 1870s. Book 1 features a Mexican ranch owner of good family who was raised by the Comanche from the age 3 to 15. Now 25, Ricky Ybarra pretends to be a respectable land holder, but in reality is a bandit. He kidnaps a beautiful woman during a train robbery. Her love redeems him.

Book 2 is Ricky’s younger Comanche half brother who, after his band is forced onto the reservation and he realizes he needs to learn to read and write, falls in love with the school teacher.

Okay, I admit that is pretty formulaic and cheesy. But these guys are to die for. Really, I love them. Maybe I’ll do some re-writing. Someday, after I write my Gryphon Lords series, I might write and publish this series. Maybe.