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In its new 2010 Arts issue, Big Sky Journal, a lifestyle and culture magazine of the Northern Rockies, has run an excerpt from my book, Cowboys, Mountain Men & Grizzly Bears. The excerpt appears as the issue's "Images of the West" column. The chapter chosen is...

SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME My short, short story found a home at the fine e-zine Beat to a PULP.

Gary Dobbs, mastermind of The Tainted Archive—and one heck of a writer—talked with me over his virtual campfire one night recently and he's posted the transcript here (you'll have to add your own crackling-log sounds). We talk writin', Westerns, the gripping future of...

Here's a sneak preview of the semi-final cover art for my next non-fiction book, Bootleggers, Lobstermen, and Lumberjacks: Fifty of the Grittiest Moments in the History of Hardscrabble New England, due out October 5, 2010 (but available for pre-order now!): In...

I received word this week from my agent that she struck a deal with Dorchester Publishing to reprint my three Black Horse Westerns as mass-market paperbacks available all over the US (and beyond!) as part of the Leisure Books line. This is grand news for me, as it...

As I mentioned previously, this year's Western Writers of America convention (June 22-26) took place in Knoxville, Tennessee, the first time in the organization's 57-year history that it was held east of the Mississippi River. To help us learn all about the region,...

Yep, pards, for the first time since its founding in 1953, the Western Writers of America (WWA) will hold its annual convention east of the Mississippi River. Knoxville, Tennessee will play host this June 22-26 to a few hundred folks sporting cowboy hats and toting...

Blogmeister David Cranmer (of Beat to a Pulp fame) is handling blog duties over at Gutter Books' great new site and he flattered me by interviewing me for the inaugural post! He popped me on the jaw with his famous "7 Questions" and I did my best to be entertaining:...

At Goodreads, Chris La Tray gave my book four out of five stars and offered up this review: "This is a great collection of short little pieces roughly lumped into three different categories, as Mayo outlines in the introduction: Mountain Men and Indians; Man vs....

My chum, Chris La Tray (www.chrislatray.com), had occasion to pass through the airport at Missoula, Montana, a few days back and he snapped these pics. Lookin' good! (I've read many of the other books on the rack and it's an honor to have my book in their company....