Publication Update: the copyedited manuscript of Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins has gone back to the publisher. In September I’ll receive two copies in page number format. One copy for final edit and one for making the index.

MARTY ROBBINS AND FARON YOUNG 55 YEARS AGO

Marty and Faron were filming Raiders of Old California in Kanab, Utah, at this time in 1956. (more…)

Publication Update: I received the copyedited manuscript of Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins on Monday. Finally! I’ll be reviewing it over the next few weeks. The copy editor’s note said, “What a pleasure it was to have copyedited this manuscript! Your descriptions of Marty Robbins’s life and the people in it helped me picture him and them very clearly.” (more…)