He didn’t know it at the time, of course, but the first book that Al Pickett wrote set a pattern for the ones to follow. It came at someone else’s request, just like his subsequent four books. Al was the sports editor at the Abilene Reporter-News for 15 years before leaving in November 2001. He started a freelance career in 2002 that continues today. He got a call in 2003 … [Read more...]
Abilene Author: Karen Witemeyer
A favorite pastime for Karen Witemeyer growing up was getting lost in a good book. She still loves reading, but nowadays much of her reading time is spent going over her own manuscripts, getting them ready for the publisher. Karen is a catalog specialist in the registrar’s office at Abilene Christian University. But her followers know her as a best-selling author of … [Read more...]
Abilene Author: Dr. Sandip Mathur
Sometimes in life, experiences happen that change one’s trajectory. For Sandip Mathur, growing up in India and studying medicine in large cities like Bahrain, London, and Houston, his move to tiny Coleman, Texas made this indelible mark. Sandip was hired as a doctor for the struggling hospital in Coleman. He treated ranchers, cowboys, oilmen, and their families and friends with … [Read more...]
Abilene Author: Lisa Camp
Lisa Camp has taught art in Texas schools for over twenty years. She thought about the lessons she was teaching her students that she wanted to teach her own children. Life lessons. Lessons like “Nobody is better than anyone else, and we should all chip in,” and “Many hands make light work.” She remembered how her Cooper High School English teacher, Cindi Yaddow, helped her … [Read more...]
Abilene Author: J.M. Irving
Reading did not interest J.M. Irving as a child. But when his mother told him to imagine the written story as a movie, his mind opened to the magic of books. From then on, J.M. not only read but also wrote and dreamed of becoming a published author. When the Covid-19 pandemic hit in 2020, he drew inspiration from our world’s collective experience to write and … [Read more...]