Literary is the word for the day. Last night Lou was one of the featured authors at the fifth Literary Lubbock event. We have attended all of them. Last year we went on Friday when the event was held during a thunderstorm under a tornado warning, saw rain and hail and then it cleared for us to go home. The next Monday was the day she went into the emergency room for the diagnosis of ovarian cancer.
This year the honored authors of books published by TT University Press were Jane Manaster - JAVELINAS, Robert A. Fink - TWILIGHT INNINGS, Lou Halsell Rodenberger - JANE RUSHING GILMORE, Harold Burton Meyers - THE DEATH AT AWAHI, Betty Grant Henshaw - CHILDREN OF THE DUST, Bill Neal - GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER ON THE TEXAS FRONTIER, and Sandra Scofield - THE SCCENE BOOK.
Manaster is an Austin writer who writes about Texas outdoor scenes and is not a great friend, even though we shared a car back to the hotel. She is the critic who trashed LET'S HEAR IT in Texas Books in Review. Someone told her there was no book on javelinas so she wrote one.
Bob Fink is a long-time friend, poet and English prof at HSU and a long time supporter of Lou's writing. His book was essays on grace and getting along. He gave a good talk. All authors were asked to limit their talks to 6 minutes. Lou wrote hers to limit it. She could have talked for an hour as could all of the authors, but they were all excellent talks. Many of the people there knew Jane Rushing, so her book was appreciated.
Burt Meyers was a white haired gentleman who was born on an Indian reservation in Arizona and had a career as a writer for major news services including an eight year stint with Fortune. His novel was a fictional story set on an Indian reservation in NM and used his knowledge from his childhood.
Betty Henshaw wrote her memoirs about growing up on farms in Oklahoma even living on one for a while near Muskogee, where my uncle had a farm that is still in the family. After WWII her father finally agreed with her mother's urging to move to California where other family members had emigrated earlier during the dust bowl. She later moved to Oregon, met Sandra Scofield at a writing class who urged her to publish her stories.
Bill Neal is a retired lawyer who worked both sides of the law, 20 years prosecuting and another 20 defending. After he retired he wanted to record some of the many interesting stories from the courthouses in West Texas and has a couple of books. He told funny stories about how you could get away with murder and rape, but if you steal a horse you are lucky to get past the first cottonwood tree without being strung up and always got the death sentence.
Sandra Scofield teaches writing now in Montana after moving from Oregon and her book tells writers how to put action in scenes. She illustrated her talk with examples from Jane Rushing's writings which supported Lou's book.
This morning we had breakfast with our granddaughter, Vanessa Wilcox, who we were delivering a repaired computer to. Also Noel Parsons, TTU Press director and Judith Keeling, TTU Press managing editor joined us,(they paid!) We had a great conversation on books and authors and left Lubbock a little after 9. Stopped to eat at China Star coming through Abilene and I still got my nap at 2.
I really goofed up in not contacting the Chaffins. I had decided they were on the road and they were at home. I can't goof like that again.
This year the honored authors of books published by TT University Press were Jane Manaster - JAVELINAS, Robert A. Fink - TWILIGHT INNINGS, Lou Halsell Rodenberger - JANE RUSHING GILMORE, Harold Burton Meyers - THE DEATH AT AWAHI, Betty Grant Henshaw - CHILDREN OF THE DUST, Bill Neal - GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER ON THE TEXAS FRONTIER, and Sandra Scofield - THE SCCENE BOOK.
Manaster is an Austin writer who writes about Texas outdoor scenes and is not a great friend, even though we shared a car back to the hotel. She is the critic who trashed LET'S HEAR IT in Texas Books in Review. Someone told her there was no book on javelinas so she wrote one.
Bob Fink is a long-time friend, poet and English prof at HSU and a long time supporter of Lou's writing. His book was essays on grace and getting along. He gave a good talk. All authors were asked to limit their talks to 6 minutes. Lou wrote hers to limit it. She could have talked for an hour as could all of the authors, but they were all excellent talks. Many of the people there knew Jane Rushing, so her book was appreciated.
Burt Meyers was a white haired gentleman who was born on an Indian reservation in Arizona and had a career as a writer for major news services including an eight year stint with Fortune. His novel was a fictional story set on an Indian reservation in NM and used his knowledge from his childhood.
Betty Henshaw wrote her memoirs about growing up on farms in Oklahoma even living on one for a while near Muskogee, where my uncle had a farm that is still in the family. After WWII her father finally agreed with her mother's urging to move to California where other family members had emigrated earlier during the dust bowl. She later moved to Oregon, met Sandra Scofield at a writing class who urged her to publish her stories.
Bill Neal is a retired lawyer who worked both sides of the law, 20 years prosecuting and another 20 defending. After he retired he wanted to record some of the many interesting stories from the courthouses in West Texas and has a couple of books. He told funny stories about how you could get away with murder and rape, but if you steal a horse you are lucky to get past the first cottonwood tree without being strung up and always got the death sentence.
Sandra Scofield teaches writing now in Montana after moving from Oregon and her book tells writers how to put action in scenes. She illustrated her talk with examples from Jane Rushing's writings which supported Lou's book.
This morning we had breakfast with our granddaughter, Vanessa Wilcox, who we were delivering a repaired computer to. Also Noel Parsons, TTU Press director and Judith Keeling, TTU Press managing editor joined us,(they paid!) We had a great conversation on books and authors and left Lubbock a little after 9. Stopped to eat at China Star coming through Abilene and I still got my nap at 2.
I really goofed up in not contacting the Chaffins. I had decided they were on the road and they were at home. I can't goof like that again.
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