Dusty Richards
In 1992, Dusty's first novel Noble's Way was published. Since then, he has over 100 books in print. His novels, The Natural and The Abilene Trail won the Oklahoma Federation Fiction Book of the Year Award two years in a row. He is also the only western writer to win two Spur Award in the same year. He has hundreds of articles in print. Dusty was inducted into the Arkansas Writers' Hall of Fame in 2004. He was also honored to win the American Cowboy Culture Award in 2005.
Dusty invests a lot of time helping new writers, and as the editor of The Storyteller likes to tell him-he badgers, bullies, pushes, and nags writers into fine tuning their work to get it out to magazines and agents. And there are many, many writers who are grateful that he did. Dusty gives of his time, attention and knowledge and and a better mentor couldn't be found. His column appears quarterly in The Storyteller.
He serves on the boards of Ozarks Writers League, Ozark Creative Writers, Oklahoma Writers Federation, Inc., Rodeo of the Ozarks, and the Ozarks Electric Co-op and is a member of Western Writers of America, and an honorary life-time member of OWFI.
Watch for his latest books: The Horse Creek Incident, The Sharkey School House Lynching, and The Trail to Newton. His "Writing the West," instructional book is now available.
Dusty Richards won TWO Spur Awards in 2007. One for his paperback novel, The Horse Creek Incident and the other for his short story, Comanche Moon. Congratulations, Dusty!
Dusty is also the Articles Director for The Storyteller. And no matter how busy Dusty is--he always takes the time to help new writers. Thank goodness there are people like Dusty or some of us "new" kids wouldn't make it.
Dusty lives in Springdale Arkansas with his wife, Pat. www.dustyrichards.com
Dusty invests a lot of time helping new writers, and as the editor of The Storyteller likes to tell him-he badgers, bullies, pushes, and nags writers into fine tuning their work to get it out to magazines and agents. And there are many, many writers who are grateful that he did. Dusty gives of his time, attention and knowledge and and a better mentor couldn't be found. His column appears quarterly in The Storyteller.
He serves on the boards of Ozarks Writers League, Ozark Creative Writers, Oklahoma Writers Federation, Inc., Rodeo of the Ozarks, and the Ozarks Electric Co-op and is a member of Western Writers of America, and an honorary life-time member of OWFI.
Watch for his latest books: The Horse Creek Incident, The Sharkey School House Lynching, and The Trail to Newton. His "Writing the West," instructional book is now available.
Dusty Richards won TWO Spur Awards in 2007. One for his paperback novel, The Horse Creek Incident and the other for his short story, Comanche Moon. Congratulations, Dusty!
Dusty is also the Articles Director for The Storyteller. And no matter how busy Dusty is--he always takes the time to help new writers. Thank goodness there are people like Dusty or some of us "new" kids wouldn't make it.
Dusty lives in Springdale Arkansas with his wife, Pat. www.dustyrichards.com
Bryan Byrd
Bryan has been writing for a number of years and has completed two novels. He has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and won other awards. A former marine, that, surprisingly doesn't take himself or anyone else too seriously, Bryan looks for the unusual, mundane, and general silliness of life. Not to say he doesn't take life seriously, he just doesn't let it get in his way. Bryan now works on the riverboats on the Mississippi River.
When an image comes to mind of Bryan--consider THE THINKER. Unfortunately, you never know what thoughts enter his head at any given moment, so expect to be entertained. pajaro41@gmail.com
When an image comes to mind of Bryan--consider THE THINKER. Unfortunately, you never know what thoughts enter his head at any given moment, so expect to be entertained. pajaro41@gmail.com
Barbara Deming
Ms. Deming has been writing since she was a child and climbed the mulberry tree in her back yard with a Big Chief tablet. She teaches writing at various writing classes in California. Her books The Quilt Maker, Growing Up Barefoot in the South and Pink Poodle Pie are now available on amazon.com. She edits and publishes a newsletter Soul Sisters: Inspirational Newsletter for Women with Brave Hearts and God and Each Other. You can write Barbara at tejasbabs@aol.com. Barbara writes "Barb's Tidbits" for The Storyteller, sharing her own experiences in the publishing world and giving helpful hints and information for all writers.
Barbara loves helping people. Her articles are culled from her own experiences--whether good or bad.
Guest Columnist
Each quarter we have a different writer sharing their thoughts and views about writing schedules, how to make the most of your writing experiences and general how-to information from choosing the right characters to the plus and minus of self-publishing.
Our past guest columnist have been Tony Hillerman, Linda Rohrbough, How To Pitch; Clay Reynolds, To Self-Publish or Not; Peggy Fielding, It's A Fact: Non-Fiction Sells!; Cherry Weiner, Writing, Researching and Submitting; Velda Brotherton, Proper POV Sells Stories; Jodi Thomas, Dealing With Being Gifted; David Marion Wilkinson, Why I Write Historical Fiction; and Terry Burns, Writing the Christian Western; and Radine Trees Nehring, Mastering the Mystery.
Each columnist brings their own expertise to the columns that will help all writers better their writing and sell their work. This column is a must read. Hear it from the people who have been there--done that.
Our past guest columnist have been Tony Hillerman, Linda Rohrbough, How To Pitch; Clay Reynolds, To Self-Publish or Not; Peggy Fielding, It's A Fact: Non-Fiction Sells!; Cherry Weiner, Writing, Researching and Submitting; Velda Brotherton, Proper POV Sells Stories; Jodi Thomas, Dealing With Being Gifted; David Marion Wilkinson, Why I Write Historical Fiction; and Terry Burns, Writing the Christian Western; and Radine Trees Nehring, Mastering the Mystery.
Each columnist brings their own expertise to the columns that will help all writers better their writing and sell their work. This column is a must read. Hear it from the people who have been there--done that.
