WATERS PLANTATION
Great News! WATERS PLANTATION, the long-awaited sequel to THE DOCTOR’S WIFE and to STEIN HOUSE is available. It follows many of the characters from both books who move from the Indianola seaport to Washington County, Texas, and continue their story during the political turmoil that builds after Reconstruction. WATERS PLANTATION, my tenth book, is historical […]
TEXAS TALES, STORIES THAT SHAPED A LANDSCAPE AND A PEOPLE––Prepublication Notice
These tales trace the Texas story from Cabeza de Vaca who trekked barefoot across the country recording the first accounts of Indian life to empresarios like Stephen F. Austin and Don Martín DeLeón who brought settlers into Mexican Texas. Visionaries—like Padre José Nicolás Ballí, the Singer family, and Sam Robertson—who tried and failed to develop […]
Queen of Weird’s Book Isn’t Kidding
Two books have just been published that will convince nonbelievers that Austin is weird. Howie Richey just wrote Party Weird: Festivals & Fringe Gatherings of Austin. Chapter 3 is called “Aralyn Hughes.” Aralyn Hughes is the editor of the second book, Kid Me Not. The article below offers a sample of Aralyn, “The Queen of Weird.” You […]
Myra Invites You!
Internet Radio Interview Thursday, June 19, from 9 to 9:30am (CST) Myra talks about Stein House, her award-winning historical novel Tough Talk with Tony Gambone www.toughtalkwithtonygambone.com click: Listen Live (Be patient—it takes a few seconds to load) Saturday, June 21, from 1 to 6pm Malvern Book Store 613 W. 29th Austin […]
BRAGGING
I’ve decided to send this note to all my blogging friends. Legacy is finally out in paper. To take a look, click here: http://tinyurl.com/6pmdvvs. Legacy is historic fiction set in 1945 in a Texas coastal town. It is the story of a family in turmoil, told from the point-of-view of Miranda, age twelve, who struggles […]
WWII Memories
I don’t remember Pearl Harbor. I only remember a few things about 1945. Roosevelt’s death creates a vague memory, and the end of the war meant that my uncle stayed with us for a while and screamed at night when an ambulance passed. The most dramatic recollection, the one that stays with me and continues […]