About Us

Paul Bagdon says he enjoys writing novels, articles and short
stories more than he did being launched through fences by recalcitrant horses and mucking out
stalls at 5:00 a.m. on his small farm. “But,” he continues, “animals have figured heavily in most of
my novels, and I’ve drawn on my experience with horses to inject a bit of verisimilitude into my
westerns.”

Although he worked as a medical malpractice case supervisor for several years, Paul’s interest in
writing remained keen, and during that time he was able to sell an occasional short story or article.
“I left the corporate structure knowing that if I never tried full-time writing, I’d regret it for the
rest of my life.”

His first novel sale was to a young adult science fiction series published by Ballantine Books. That
was fifteen years ago. Since then there have been twenty-seven other book sales. Over 250 of Paul’
s short stories and articles have appeared in a wide range of magazines.

Paul's four-book series, West Texas Sunrise, by Baker Publishing Group, continues to do well.
Those novels have been purchased by Five Star and released as hardcovers. He is currently under
contract to write a contemporary romance novel under a pen name. His action/adventure novel,
Partners, was released in January, 2006, by Dorchester/Leisure, and will be followed by another
action tale, Deserter, later in the year, also by Dorchester/Leisure.

“It’s absolutely essential that a writer read,” Paul says. “Everything an author reads is, in a real
sense, a writing text. The styles, voices, approaches and skills of a successful writer can teach us
a great deal about our craft—and give us far more entertainment and drama than we’d get in an
eon of TV gawking.”

“There’s no particular mystery to writing successfully for publication,” Paul believes. “It’s a
learned—and quite learnable—skill. My critiquing and editing work has a sole function and a single
goal: to assist a writer in making his or her manuscript a viable commercial endeavor. In my
opinion a novel isn’t really a completed project for the writer until it’s sold and published.”