December 15, 2011

Not much to report, save for recently-published magazine work in the left column.

After bringing out two books the past two years, I’m having a quiet, busy fall, writing various magazine columns and articles, plodding ahead with Right of Capture: The Looming Water Crisis in Texas, and tentatively navigating the faint trails, dead ends, and other hazards at the beginning of another historical novel. I suppose I should concentrate on one book project at a time, but either I lack the required focus, or ideas and opportunities don’t arise in a convenient order. Hopefully, I’ll actually complete something, and my very patient publisher will bring out one of my books in late 2012.

I've revived my blog, Home Range, and finally linked it to Twitter and Facebook. Give it test run and let me know what you think.

While you’re chaffing in wait of my upcoming books and exciting announcements about literary awards, stellar reviews, television appearances, and movie deals, I hope you'll check this page often for updates on recently published magazine work and other news.

Thanks for stopping by.

H.C.

Selected Works

Novels
Blood Kin
"Blood Kin is historical fiction at its best."
  • Bruce Winders, Historian and Curator, The Alamo
  • The Callings
    "The finest book on buffalo hunting and the resulting conflict with the Comanches that I have ever read."
  • Doris R. Meredith, Roundup
  • Non-fiction Books
    6666: Portrait of a Texas Ranch
    "Sharp and colorful also describe the economical prose of sports and wildlife writer Henry Chappell"
  • Elaine Wolff, San Antonio Current
  • Magazine Articles
    Orion
    Feature Articles
    Texas Parks & Wildlife
    Feature Articles
    Texas Wildlife
    Working Dog Column and Misc. Articles