Early interest led to national success for NM authors, songwriters

(Albuquerque Journal) Most of us are formed by things that touched us deeply when we were children. Eventually – if not right away – the enthusiasms of our tender years help us evolve into the people we are in our later lives.
Maybe the spark was something that would seem inconsequential to others.
That’s the way it was for the New Mexico authors and songwriters who are being honored this week during the Western Writers of America convention in Kansas City, Mo. Johnny D. Boggs, Paul Hutton and Jim Jones won Spur Awards, presented by the WWA for excellence in writing about the West, and Doug Figgs is being recognized as a Spur finalist. Continued