"Beaty Butte" by David Martin Anderson, "Harry's Apology" by David Martin Anderson, "The Cowboys of Haddington Moor" by David Martin Anderson, "The Last Good Horse" by David Martin Anderson, represented by Mark Gotlieb & Trident Media, "Hunting Snio" by David Martin Anderson. Horse story, fiction novel, historical fiction, horse slaughter, horse rescue, Omori Prison, William Faulkner Award Finalist, POW story, wild mustangs, horse rescue, Texas author, Boerne author, DM Anderson, D Anderson, David Martin Anderson, born in Hawaii and raised in Iowa, now calls the Texas Hill Country home, where he lives with his wife, Mary Jane Law. Anderson's prolific writing career spans over twenty-five years and ten novels and novellas, most of which are available through Amazon. His work, THE LAST GOOD HORSE, has been hailed by Amazon as "one of the 20 greatest horse stories ever written." His novel, THE COWBOYS OF HADDINGTON MOOR, was optioned for a screenplay, and his novella, HUGGER, was awarded the prestigious Faulkner-Wisdom gold medal in 2021. Anderson's writing prowess has also seen him as a shortlisted finalist multiple times in various contests, including the Lascaux Review Short Story Prize in 2022 and 2023. In 2023, Anderson made history as the oldest applicant ever accepted into the University of Iowa Writers Workshop. His contributions to the craft of writing earned him a place in America's Literary Who's-Who. While new to the genre of short story prose, fourteen of his short stories have been published in noteworthy literary journals since 2023 including 'Sierra Nevada Review,' 'The McNeese Review,' 'The Gettysburg Review,' 'The Raven,' 'Welter at University of Baltimore,' 'Rappahannock Review,' and 'Pangyrus Literary Magazine.' Anderson's current writing project is a collection of short stories dedicated to Flannery O'Connor and which will become available in 2025.
"Writing, at least for me, is a learning process limited only by one's imagination. To be a good writer, one needs patience, steadfast commitment to the writing process, and the drive to improve at the craft. I often tell people interested in penning novels that writing, like any craft, can be learned. In one sense, it's like carpentry; if one wants to become a good carpenter, one has only to study the craft and strive for perfection. Without the unquenchable desire to be better at writing, one will never achieve that goal. I say this because I know that I am a much better writer today than twenty-five years ago. That's why I have returned to those first great novels/novellasand rewritten them. Good stories should be penned eloquently, flawlessly, and with a penchant for perfection to make them great stories. Once I finish writing, it takes an equal amount of time to fine-tune, edit, and perfect the prose, always striving for perfection and always learning and improving at the craft. This is what good novelists do."
Dave warmly invites you to contact him at AuthorDavidMartinAnderson at gmail dot com. He would be delighted to hear from you. .