Author Drives into Sunset for Texas Novel
Does something left undone call from deep within you? Dare you answer? In 1995, P. A. Ritzer did answer such a call. He quit his job, bought a tent and a laptop computer, and struck out across the Great Plains into the legendary American West. Entering through Kansas, he journeyed deeper into that world in Texas, with hopes of completing his historical novel Seven Ox Seven by Christmas. Seven Christmases would pass, the book by then in three parts, before completion of part one, Escondido Bound; five more Christmases before its publication.
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July 12, 2008 Hollywood Book Festival: Winner: Western

June 28, 2008 New York Book Festival: Honorable Mention: General Fiction

June 2008 National Indie Excellence Award: Historical Fiction

June 2008 National Indie Excellence Award: Best Cover Copywriting

May 30, 2008 Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY): Best Regional Fiction (South): Bronze

January 28, 2008 Writer’s Digest: Honorable Mention: Genre Fiction

November 2007 Midwest Book Review reviews Seven Ox Seven; Part One: Escondido Bound

August 4, 2007 Dodge City Book Signing, Hastings
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July 28, 2007 National Day of the American Cowboy Events
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