Hello wonderful people. Book three is well underway with six chapters and several seperate scenes on the computer. I have too many things going on in it now, where I was struggling for action not all that long ago! This one just might be a bit longer! (No promises.)
I’m trying to work in all the requests for characters I’ve recieved, but no promises there, either.
The speaking engagements I’ve had have been wonderful experiences, I’ve gotten to meet with many, many great folks and there’s more to come. I speak to a Lions group in March, then the next afternoon to a retired group right in my home town. But…I still have a lot of dates available! Call me and let’s get going on your group’s event planning!
God bless,
Will

Well, the Christmas holiday (holy day) is now history once again and maybe life will (sort of) calm down to a low roar of minor chaos. I can only hope.
Not much writing was accomplished during the past three weeks, but the van must think we have become gypsys!
Book three may have a title now, but I’m not revealing it just yet, and chapter four is under way. A major sub plot came to me in a dream the other night. REALLY! I’ve had a lot of dreams that I wanted to write into books, but this one HAS to be done!!!! It is soooo cool, and I can’t even claim it! But I surely can use it!
Sales of the other two books has been really encouraging this fall, I also sent a copy of “Lonely” to a noted singer/actor for his revue, I hope it brings some results. I would love to see it in a movie or a TV two-part series. Wouldn’t THAT be crazy?
I’m in a writers’ group that includes fellow White Feather Press authors Mary Mueller and Josh Clark and we have been challenging one another. Not just the three of us, but all of the writers – they are a wonderfully gifted and diversified group of great folks.
My dear friend, Becky Steingas has been gracious enough to invite me to her and hubby Les’ place to ride one of their Tennesee Walkers! How great to “be back in the saddle again” !! They have two fine steeds, a mare and a gelding, and what a joy they are; a little bit mischeivous but good trail riders and calm as can be under fire. I’m very pleased to have Les & Becky as my friends, not just because of the horses, but just for who they are. Fine folks!
Keep warm, stay blessed, and most importantly, BE a blessing.
Will Riley

As the cold weather we Ohio folks never get used to (at least THIS Ohio guy doesn’t) approaches, my computers are cringing at the prospect of my clumsy fingers attacking them on a daily basis!
I have decided to take the winter off from building the custom guitars and concentrate on writing and pretending to be retired.
Novel three in the Rocky Mountain Odyssey series is under way and I plan to honor the requests of many of you and return Dan Kade to a prominent place in the story line.
I do need to warn you that there will be a little more romance in this one – it’s just demanding that I do that!
So please be patient with me, and don’t try to match my publisher in prodding me to action! (Sorry Skip.)
Have a blessed winter, and if you live where it’s always warm, dontcha be rubbing it in!
God bless,
Will Riley

The Gene Autry Days weekend was a huge enjoyment and I recommend it to any and all who are interested in all things western!
We were so very much impressed by those who run the event – talk about personal attention to detail, they do it and do it well.
We talked to a lot of interesting people and made a lot of great contacts. The book sales was a bit disappointing, but it appears folks were there for other interests instead. even so, we more than broke even for the weekend.
We had the best camp site on the fairgrounds, right under a huge shade tree and never once turned the a/c on!
All-in-all, it was a wonderful weekend for Donna and I

The trip West was simply fantastic!  Between our last time in Colorado and this one the park service has had opportunity to learn a lot more about the Anasazi Indians who built the cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde National Park.
This has come about through volunteers from the 12 tribes who are decendents of the cliff dwellers and via the history handed down from generation to generation. The additional knowledge of their cultures is astounding to acquire and I am truly thrilled with the additional information we recieved this time out!
Of course, the Durango to Silverton train ride was spectaculer once again – we just can’t get enough of that section of the Rockies; the San Juan Mountains.
Just four more days to the Gene Autry Days festival – I’m getting pumped for it! See ya there!
Blessings,
Will

My family and I will be spending some more quality time in those wonderful Rocky Mountains in June. Since I “spent” so much time in Silverton in the last book, we’re going back so my daughter & her family can see the great and wonderful scenery there and around Durango.
I am hoping for new inspiration to occur during the trip so I can plunge into book three of the series.
I’m already writing “scenes” for the works, but have yet to discover the main plot thread.
If you see some Ohio looking tourists around that area, stop and say “Hi”.

I am excited to be hosting a book signing at the official Gene Autry Days in Kenton, Ohio on June 27 and 28.
Come see us and all the wonderful celebration of Gene’s great life during this weekend! Click on the logo below and see all the fun planned for this annual event!

Wow, can it really be? Am I really done with the sequel to Lonely Are The Hunted?
Yes, it’s true! I have fallen so in love with the characters in “Lonely” that I can not leave them alone. Mountain Odyssey focuses mainly on Bear Rollins in his quest to rescue a kidnapped girl from harm and the subsequent odyssey through the heart of the Rockies.
All the other characters from “Lonely” are included, but Bear just had to be the “one” in this book. I still don’t understand why, but mine is not to question, only to follow my heart.
There will soon be pre-order information on this website, so watch closely and be ready to meet the folks from Twin Forks Ranch once again.
Blessings,
Will Riley

Whoopee!  It’s here!  Mary Mueller’s new book is now availble from White Feather Press!

www.whitefeatherpress.com  

I am so pleased that she is now published with this book as I read the rough draft many years ago and was thrilled with the content.  Mary is perhaps the most unique writer I have ever met.  Her manner of expressing herself will captivate the reader and thrill you to the events and people contained in the novel.

This novel brings the humanity of Jesus right down to where we live.  Ya gotta read this one!

Blessings,

Will

I’m currently wrting in the area of page 180 on the sequel to Lonely Are The Hunted.  This area of the book has faught back as far as the direction I’ve planned to go with it, where “Lonely” never did that!  But I’m winning!  The title of the new work is Mountain Odyssey.

I’m also working my way along on a modern day Christian fiction novel based in the future and dealing with two families who struggle to survive the near holocaust conditions found in the US at the time.  This novel sets a Christian family with dear friends who are dedicated non-Christians and chronicals the struggles for a middle ground while still maintaining their individual beliefs.

Realizing the difficulties of balancing this world’s desires against the right desires of a true, dedicated faith is not always an easy task and writing this novel often challenges me to rethink my own directions!