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Thank you for arriving here, at my website. My name is David Martin Anderson and I reside north of Boerne, Texas, in what is called the 'Texas Hill County.' My wife, Mary, and I purchased our unique ranch house, Rancho Con Rocas, in 1994, and moved from Houston (Seabrook) to escape the big city and live a quieter, simpler life. We love Texas! Our axiom is that we live in the greatest spot in Texas, in the greatest state in the union, in the greatest country in the world, and at the greatest time in human history. We are true believers!
In 1997, I sold the second of my two startup long distance telecommunications companies and began the arduous journey of fiction writing. I am afraid that as an engineer, spelling and grammar do not come easy. In fact, had it not been for word processing, spell check, et al, I would never be a writer. Nevertheless, I wrote my first novella, titled THE FIFTH STAR OF MARFA, in early 1998, and then embarked on writing THE COWBOYS OF HADDINGTON MOOR (later re-titled PROMISES). This second novella was optioned in 2000, for a screenplay by the late actor James Coburn and met with some limited success. Since then, I have written five more novellas and three novels. In 2011, my novel THE LAST GOOD HORSE won literary recognition as a finalist for the Faulkner-Wisdom competition; it also was recognized by Amazon as one of the 20 greatest horse stories ever written. In 2012, I conducted a 19-store book signing tour with Barnes and Noble across the American west. In 2019, it achieved representation by Trident Media (NYC) and agent Mark Gotlieb. Recently, I completed a sequel to THE LAST GOOD HORSE; the sequel is titled BEATY BUTTE. which became available in 2019. 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 relentlessly strive to improve at it. The key word here is 'relentlessly.' 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, much better writer today than twenty years ago. That's why I have gone back to those first great novels/novellas and rewritten them. Good stories should be penned eloquently, flawlessly, and with a penchant for perfection to make them great stories. Once I finish writing a novel, it takes an equal amount of time to fine tune it, edit it, and perfect it.... always striving for perfection.... always learning and improving at the craft. This is what good novelists do or, rather, should do. I would love to hear from you about anything you have read of mine. Feel free to contact me. DavidMartinAnderson123@hotmail.com (hint: leave off '123') |
Thank you for arriving here, at my website. My name is David Martin Anderson and I reside north of Boerne, Texas, in what is called the 'Texas Hill County.' My wife, Mary, and I purchased our unique ranch house, Rancho Con Rocas, in 1994, and moved from Houston (Seabrook) to escape the big city and live a quieter, simpler life. We love Texas! Our axiom is that we live in the greatest spot in Texas, in the greatest state in the union, in the greatest country in the world, and at the greatest time in human history. We are true believers!
In 1997, I sold the second of my two startup long distance telecommunications companies and began the arduous journey of fiction writing. I am afraid that as an engineer, spelling and grammar do not come easy. In fact, had it not been for word processing, spell check, et al, I would never be a writer. Nevertheless, I wrote my first novella, titled THE FIFTH STAR OF MARFA, in early 1998, and then embarked on writing THE COWBOYS OF HADDINGTON MOOR (later re-titled PROMISES). This second novella was optioned in 2000, for a screenplay by the late actor James Coburn and met with some limited success. Since then, I have written five more novellas and three novels. In 2011, my novel THE LAST GOOD HORSE won literary recognition as a finalist for the Faulkner-Wisdom competition; it also was recognized by Amazon as one of the 20 greatest horse stories ever written. In 2012, I conducted a 19-store book signing tour with Barnes and Noble across the American west. In 2019, it achieved representation by Trident Media (NYC) and agent Mark Gotlieb. Recently, I completed a sequel to THE LAST GOOD HORSE; the sequel is titled BEATY BUTTE. which became available in 2019. 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 relentlessly strive to improve at it. The key word here is 'relentlessly.' 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, much better writer today than twenty years ago. That's why I have gone back to those first great novels/novellas and rewritten them. Good stories should be penned eloquently, flawlessly, and with a penchant for perfection to make them great stories. Once I finish writing a novel, it takes an equal amount of time to fine tune it, edit it, and perfect it.... always striving for perfection.... always learning and improving at the craft. This is what good novelists do or, rather, should do. I would love to hear from you about anything you have read of mine. Feel free to contact me. DavidMartinAnderson123@hotmail.com (hint: leave off '123') |