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Kay Ellington, Editor and Publisher<\/span><\/h1>\n

8.20.2017\u00a0 Joe Tone on Bones<\/span>, breaking through from journalism to the publishing deal, and the smell of new books<\/h1>\n

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In his debut book, Joe Tone tells the story <\/span>of how two brothers, one immigrating to the U.S. and the other joining the Zeta cartel of Mexico, crossed paths later in life. Although the tale is as gripping as any novel, it\u2019s not fiction. It\u2019s a true story, and since 2012 former <\/span>Dallas Observer editor Tone has been trying to solve the puzzle of a family saga of cartels, horse racing, and cowboys. Last week Tone talked us with via email, to tell us a bit about how he put the pieces together.<\/span><\/p>\n

LONE STAR LITERARY LIFE:<\/span> Congratulations on your new book and your movie deal! Since 1997 you’ve been on a relentless path \u2014 college, graduate school, daily newspaper, a series of alternative newspapers, working most recently as the editor-in-chief of the Dallas Observer. How did growing up in Northern California in the 1980s and \u201990s inspire your decision to go into journalism?<\/p>\n

JOE TONE:<\/span> My mom played a big role, always strategically leaving the newspaper in front of my breakfast in the morning. Sports helped, too: I loved them, but was never quite big enough to compete, so I used my reporter’s notebook as my way onto the sidelines and into locker rooms. That started me on the path to storytelling, and I had some great professors, editors, and mentors who expanded my journalistic and literary horizons over the years.>>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Texas’s only statewide, weekly calendar of book events<\/h1>\n

Bookish Texas<\/span> event highlights\u00a0 8.20.2017
<\/span>>><\/span><\/a><\/span> GO this week\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Michelle Newby, Contributing Editor<\/span><\/h1>\n
SPECIAL EVENTS THIS WEEK: Sugar Land<\/span><\/span><\/span>RICHARDSON\u00a0 Mon., Aug. 21<\/span>\u00a0 Richardson Public Library, Writers Guild of Texas workshop: “Marketing, Renegade Style” with B. Alan Bourgeois, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span>HOUSTON\u00a0 Tues., Aug. 22<\/span>\u00a0 Black Labrador, Houston Writers House social featuring author Kathleen M. Rodgers, 6:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span>SAN ANTONIO\u00a0 Tues., Aug. 22<\/span>\u00a0 Trinity University – Laurie Auditorium, Reading TUgether Lecture by Pulitzer Prize-winner Matthew Desmond, author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, 6PM<\/span>ALSO SIGNING IN DALLAS\u00a0 Thurs., Aug. 24<\/span>: SMU – McFarlin, Points Summer Book Club 2017 presents an evening with Matthew Desmond, 6PM<\/span><\/span><\/span>AUSTIN\u00a0 Wed., Aug. 23\u00a0 <\/span>BookPeople, AMY L. STONE speaking and signing Cornyation: San Antonio’s Outrageous Fiesta Tradition, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span>DALLAS\u00a0 Thurs., Aug. 24 <\/span>\u00a0 Interabang Books, Jan Reid reads and signs Sins of the Younger Sons, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span>HOUSTON\u00a0 Thurs., Aug. 24 Murder By the Book, Christopher Brown will sign and discuss Tropic of Kansas, Patrick Hemstreet will sign and discuss The God Peak, and Marina Lostetter will sign and discuss Noumenon, 6:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>LUBBOCK\u00a0 Fri., Aug. 25\u00a0 <\/span>B&N, Just Juliet book signing with Charlotte Reagan, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span>AUSTIN\u00a0 Sun., Aug. 27 UT – Stark Center for Physical Culture, Don Tate launches his new book, STRONG AS SANDOW: HOW EUGEN SANDOW BECAME THE STRONGEST MAN ON EARTH, 3PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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News Briefs 8.20.17<\/h1>\n

Permian Basin Writers\u2019 Workshop slated for Sept. 15\u201317 in Midland<\/h1>\n

The Third Annual Permian Basin Writers\u2019 Workshop<\/span> will be held Sept. 15-17, 2017, at Midland College. Administered by the Permian Basin Bookies, a nonprofit organization of West Texas writers, and the Midland Public Library, the workshop aims to bring nationally recognized members of the writing community to the Permian Basin once a year to provide high level professional development for the local writing and literary community.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s three-day event features an all-day overview of publishing options on Friday, fifteen different break-out sessions on craft and the business of publishing on Saturday, and special seminars on Christian publishing and screenplay writing on Sunday. >> READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Wild River Press invites proposals from Texas authors<\/h1>\n

An international publisher of high-quality hardcover fishing and hunting titles<\/span> is expanding its geographic reach, with sights set on Texas for a series of new books in 2018.<\/p>\n

\u201cTexas is known far and wide as one of the great outdoor states in the country,\u201d said Tom Pero<\/span> of Wild River Press. \u201cWe hope to work with talented Texas writers to bring that experience to print in a special way that accurately captures, celebrates and salutes your fine outdoor tradition.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the last decade, Wild River Press has won a string of gold, silver, and bronze medals for editorial graphics and editorial excellence. Among its award-winning titles are Blue Marlin Magic, A Passion for Tarpon,<\/span> and A Passion for Grouse<\/span>. >> READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Lone Star Listens compilation available Sept. 15, for readers, fans, and writers everywhere<\/h1>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/span>The present generation of Texas authors<\/span> is the most diverse ever in gender, age, and ethnicity, and in subject matter as well.<\/p>\n

Week in, week out, Lone Star Literary has interviewed a range of Texas-related authors with a cross-section of genre and geography. To capture this era in Texas letters, we’re pleased to bring you<\/p>\n

Lone Star Listens:<\/p>\n

Texas Authors on Writing and Publishing<\/p>\n

edited by Kay Ellington and Barbara Brannon; introduction by<\/p>\n

Clay Reynolds<\/p>\n

Available in trade paper, library hardcover, and ebook Fall 2017<\/p>\n

360 pages, with b\/w illustrations and index<\/p>\n

Featuring novelists, poets, memoirists, editors, and publishers, including:<\/p>\n

Rachel\u00a0 Caine \u2022 Chris\u00a0 Cander \u2022 Katherine\u00a0 Center \u2022 Chad S. Conine \u2022 Sarah\u00a0 Cortez \u2022 Elizabeth\u00a0 Crook \u2022 Nan\u00a0 Cuba \u2022 Carol\u00a0 Dawson \u2022 Patrick\u00a0 Dearen \u2022 Jim Donovan \u2022\u00a0Mac Engel \u2022 Sanderia\u00a0 Faye \u2022 Carlos Nicol\u00e1s Flores \u2022 Ben Fountain \u2022 Jeff\u00a0 Guinn \u2022 Stephen\u00a0 Harrigan \u2022 Cliff\u00a0 Hudder \u2022 Stephen Graham Jones \u2022 Kathleen Kent \u2022 Joe R. Lansdale \u2022 Melissa Lenhardt \u2022 Attica Locke \u2022 Nikki\u00a0 Loftin \u2022 Thomas\u00a0 McNeely \u2022 Leila\u00a0 Meacham \u2022 John\u00a0 Pipkin \u2022 Joyce Gibson Roach \u2022 Antonio\u00a0 Ruiz-Camacho \u2022 Lisa\u00a0 Sandlin \u2022 Donna\u00a0 Snyder \u2022 Mary Helen Specht \u2022 Jodi\u00a0 Thomas \u2022 Amanda Eyre Ward \u2022 Ann\u00a0 Weisgarber \u2022 Donald Mace Williams<\/p>\n

As a collection of insights into the writing and publishing life, the book will be useful in creative writing classes (not just in Texas alone) and other teaching settings, as well as for solo reading and study\u2014and a great Texas reference volume.<\/p>\n

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  • Lone Star Listens<\/span> will be available for preorder May 31 and will ship around Aug. 1.<\/li>\n
  • Examination and review copies will be available May 31 in watermarked pdf format.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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