Cliff hudgins

Cliff Hudgins
Cliff, a Western Fiction Writer, and a member of the Western Writers of America. He was born in Corpus Christi, Texas in 1947. He has served as a Christian minister having pastored churches in Bayside, and San Angelo, Texas and in Hawaii. He currently hales from Danville, Virginia where he serves as the Associational Ministries Coordinator ministering the Christian Gospel of Jesus Christ in churches across the state. He writes from the heart and has published two excellent novels. The Weathervane Ranch his first novel, is set on a ranch just west of Austin Texas where he and his boys used to hunt deer. The geography and landmarks were consistent with the locale, but the characters were pure fiction. His second novel, Pete McNally first appearred in the Weathervane Ranch as a retired Texas Ranger. He liked the character so much that in the second book he is younger and in service. His one special attribute is a fast draw; one of the four fastest guns in Texas. His third novel, Viejo and the Ranger is currently in publication and should be available soon. He has two more novels in the works, Viejo and the Outlaw and Viejo and the Lost Child that should be in print form before the end of 2012.
His aim is to be helpful and bring a better sense of joy into your life because our world today is full of many uncertainties. He writes of his authorship, "in the middle of all this you can still find people who are dutiful, law abiding, and sound in their actions. Our times are not unique in that the Old West was full of the same type of uncertainties but also held these same qualities of duty and soundness. In the old west people were true to their word and most commitments were sealed with a hand shake. It was also a time of hardship where the farmers and ranchers fought against pestilence, drought, roaming bands of outlaws, Indian uprisings, and physically demanding hard work. But, the prize was the ability to forage your own destiny and direction. The pioneers determined to live in peace where they could, but if not, they would defend their possessions with a passion.
"Like any era the Old West had it's culprits whose chosen path in life was outside the law. Many were pushed into the lifestyle because of circumstances surrounding them, especially following the Civil War, but that is never a legitimate choice. We tend to glamorize the more famous OUTLAWS but in reality most were killers. The outlaw also produced the need for LAWMEN. Many of the early lawmen were steel hard and quick to administer their own form of justice. The times demanded a response and the lawmen were ready for the occasion. The sheriff's and marshal's names are written in history, sometimes in blook, and none more so than the TEXAS RANGERS.
"My heritage growing up in south Texas is one that is saturated with the lore of the Texas Rangers. I remember eating in a little hole in the wall cafe somewhere south of Kingsville. I noticed about 15 Texas Highway Patrol agents seated at one end of cafe. They were all in uniform and you could tell many held different ranks. One man about 6 feet and 2 inches tall walked in the front door. He had a long sleeve white shirt, a small badge, and a very big ten gallon hat on. All of the patrol agents rose their feet. I asked dad who the new guy was and he said, 'Boy, that's a Texas Ranger'. "

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