by Judy Alter | Jul 14, 2021
A quick note from my publisher, the TwoDot imprint of Globe Pequot, sent me checking listings for my forthcoming nonfiction title, The Most Land, the Best Cattle: the Waggoners of Texas, due out October 1. To my joy, it is available for pre-order on Amazon, Barnes...
by Judy Alter | Jul 9, 2021
Owen Wister Award for Lifetime AchievementWestern Writers of America I’ll just put this right out there: there is now a Wikipedia page about me and my career as a writer. Makes me feel like one of the grown-ups! I’ve used Wikipedia a lot, never scorned it was much as...
by Judy Alter | May 12, 2021
Now available in paperback, digital, and audio editionsYou’re bound to love Henny and laugh at Irene The other night I started a blog on how to write a mystery, because I’d discovered a new and unorthodox method. Since it seems to be going well, I’ll try again...
by Judy Alter | May 1, 2021
As I write, my eyes are on the TV, watching the Kentucky Derby. All I need is a mint julep, which would send me to my bed almost instantly. I do love them, but I am sensible and have a glass of white wine. I’m not much of a racing fan and I often think racing is cruel...
by Judy Alter | Apr 5, 2021
Texas caviar “I do not like to write — I like to have written.” That oft-quoted saying has been attributed to everyone from Mark Twain (who I always thought really did say it) to, gulp, Gloria Steinem—really? Well, I have a new twist on it: I do not like to write—but...
by Judy Alter | Mar 12, 2021
Into the Sunset Spent much of the day working on an entry on Electra Waggoner Biggs for the Handbook of Texas Online Special Project on Women. Electra has long interested me. Born to wealth as one of the heirs of the largest ranch under one fence in this country, she...
