by Author Gale Owen Holt | Jul 11, 2019 | Animals, Sports, Texas history, Texas life, Young Adult Fiction
Inspiring and equipping young women Martha Josey, champion barrel racer, has inspired and equipped young women in the art of barrel racing for generations. She also informed and equipped me to write about barrel racing in A Thing of Beauty. Martha Josey was not my... 
by Author Gale Owen Holt | Apr 29, 2019 | Adolescence, Adoption, Animals, Family issues, Introversion, Parenting
An Introverted Narrator? Who chooses an introvert as the narrator in a novel? Introverts are quiet, introspective, private. I do—on purpose. You see, they are quiet, introspective, and they are privately taking in everything and everyone about them. It... 
by Author Gale Owen Holt | Nov 6, 2018 | Animals, Sports
Gene Autry Roping Club At my very first rodeo, we sat in a 104 degree August Oklahoma evening, but the dry heat didn’t matter. You see, Jim and I were attending a barrel racing playday in Gene Autry, Oklahoma. The town, Autry, honors the Singing Cowboy movie...