Escape to Laredo, a Kindle Short

Posted on August 24, 2018 by Janelle Hooper

Do you like Geronimo and Old West stories? I’ve been writing about Geronimo for years (I’m from Oklahoma!). Before I wrote Geronimo, Life on the Reservation, I wrote a Kindle short titled Escape to Laredo. In it, there’s a mention of Geronimo avoiding trains. I think you’ll like it:

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Escape to Laredo
Riding the train to America

Escape to Laredo, a literary Western short story. To escape a greedy, dangerous brother-in-law, Gregoria Marteen and her children are fleeing to America on a train after the death of her husband…

Thrown off the train in the middle of a desert because she didn’t have her tickets, Gregoria and her children have been rescued by a cowboy on his way to town for supplies…

Under a full moon, the combination of the cool air and the drops of water in her mouth from Wade’s canteen brought Gregoria around. The unorthodox picnic of biscuits and peaches was gobbled up by the children as if it were a Sunday meal at their father’s restaurante. When the food was gone, Wade loaded the woman onto his saddle, handed her the baby, and stacked the little girl with a head full of dark curls behind their mother. For safety and warmth, he tied her to her mother with a shawl he’d found among the discarded clothing. The little darling whispered in his ear, “I have some gold coins in my pocket. Want one?”

Wade smiled. Poor kid. If she had toy coins they must be all she had. As far as Wade could tell, the toddler didn’t even have a doll. What little girl didn’t have a doll? “No, honey, you keep it. Maybe you can buy yourself some ice cream when we get to town.” Her little face brightened at the thought.

A pastry chef, Gregoria’s first job in Texas is at Bettye Buford’s Bed & Table. It does not go well. Suitable for all ages. Kindle short. $1.99.

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As Brown As I Want- a selfie book trailer

Posted on July 26, 2018 by Janelle Hooper

This is one of my favorite “selfie” book trailers. As Brown As I Want is a fictional autobiography, mostly true. I admit I made up Powwow Pete, but heck, it’s my story and I wanted my mom and I to have a good man. I like him; I think you’ll like him too.

This is the second book inn my Turtle Trilogy, but it stands alone.

As Brown As I Want book trailer

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The summer of 1952, Lawton, Oklahoma… Eight-year-old Glory has a father who has taken out a $50,000 accidental-death insurance policy on her–now he’s spending the summer trying to collect.
In his first attempt, he throws Glory into a snake-infested lake, but a giant snapping turtle that Glory has been feeding scares the snakes away.
Glory writes in her diary: “Well, Powwow Pete drove us home to talk to Mom but we didn’t get very far. Mom thinks I just have a wild imagination. At least Powwow Pete believes me. I think it was the turtle that killed it for Mom.
“How could there be a turtle that big?” she scoffed. They talked some more and Powwow Pete got kind of mad and got up to leave.
This was one of those times when a kid thinks they’re talking about a turtle but the grown-ups are really talking about something else entirely. In this case, I think Pete was accusing Mom of still loving my dad, but he never said that, he just kept talking about the turtle. Mom was doing the same thing: talking about the turtle but meaning she didn’t want to get messed up with some guy who was a pathology liar (Glory can’t spell).

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This book is #2 in my Turtle Trilogy. They’re all a good read, I promise!

Rudy Ramos is on Yellowstone!

Posted on July 25, 2018 by Janelle Hooper

Yellowstone, Paramount Channel

Kevin Costner as John Dutton

This summer, Kevin Costner stars in a new series, Yellowstone on the Paramount Channel (formerly Spike).

Kevin Costner’s character, John Dutton, controls a large cattle ranch with a lot of problems: an encroaching town, discord with the nearby Indian reservation, and four adult children.
The show follows the Dutton family, led by Kevin’s character, John Dutton. He controls the largest contiguous cattle ranch in the United States. To save his ranch, he deals with unsolved murders, open emotional wounds, and more. Even worse, the ranch is in a constant state of turmoil with greedy developers, an encroaching town, disputes with Native Americans over ownership of cattle, and America’s first national park. John is also dealing with his four adult children: Lee, Beth, Jamie, and Cory.

Filmed in Montana and Utah, the scenery is beyond gorgeous.

Beautifully written and directed by Taylor Sheridan (Sicario, Hell and High Water). Executive producer, John Linson.

Rudy Ramos plays Felix Long. My readers will remember him as Wind in the TV series High Chaparral, Geronimo, Life on the Reservation (a one-man touring show about Geronimo after he surrendered and was sent to the reservation), and appearances on many other television shows. Rudy as Wind

Rudy as Geronimo

I know Rudy has many fans on my Pinterest, Facebook, and WordPress sites. You’ll want to know that starting on August 1st, you can see Rudy in episodes 6, 7, 8, & 9 (the season finale). Let’s all watch!

Other cast members include:
Luke Grimes, Kelly Reilly, Wes Bentley, Cole Hauser, Kelsey Asbille, Brecken Merrill, Gil Birmingham, Ian Bohen, Jefferson White, Danny Huston, Denim Richards, Windy Moniz, Dave Annable…and many, many more.

I hope to be adding more photos of the rest of the cast as they become available. I have no affiliation with Yellowstone, so I don’t have the resources available to me that a pro has! I did, however, write the Geronimo, Life on the Reservation show for Rudy. Is it any wonder that I am such a Taylor Sheridan fan? (:

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