by Rick | Jul 21, 2015 | Blog
Sunny Morgan retreats to the Lonesome Star Ranch in the Flint Hills of Kansas, nursing wounds left by family tragedies and an unfaithful fiancé. The sounds of the tallgrass prairie and the words of an anonymous poet heal her soul. Her solitude is shattered one morning...
by Rick | Jun 1, 2015 | Blog, Inspirational
My first novel, Voices on the Prairie, is due to be released July 23. Naturally, the story is set in one of my favorite places on earth: the Flint Hills of Kansas. The photo that accompanies this blog is one I took last week of a local cowgirl, Richell Bailey, just...
by Rick | Nov 13, 2014 | Blog, Writing Tips
No one has the power to take away your ability to interpret your own circumstances. – Dr. Vincent Amanor-Bouda, Kansas State University If you were not the person neck deep in your difficult circumstance right now, what advice would you give yourself to come...
by Rick | Nov 12, 2013 | Blog, Huggable Heroes
I would have climbed Mount Everest for her. Swim the English Channel? Let me get warmed up. All it took to motivate me was her smile and a Snoopy sticker. She loved Snoopy, Charlie Brown’s dog. She was my junior high teacher, Dixie Lee Spencer, and is still in the Top...
by Rick | Sep 17, 2013 | Blog
Because I spent summer days in Kansas being chased by cows on the journey across Hobson’s Pasture to Hobson’s Pond, cows occasionally end up in my writings. They frequently offered scathing commentary about my running abilities that elicited much mirth in the herd;...
