Acaraho Otaktay

One of my recurring characters in the Jim Buchanan Novels is Acaraho. He is part Cherokee and part Crow but I struggled with giving him a last name. Rather than go with his current last name which I won't mention here I have decided to use Otaktay as his last name. Otaktay is a Souix name so Acaraho will now be part Crow and part Souix and a relative of Willie Otaktay, another recurring character in my novels. Acaraho is Alma Twofavors' boyfriend and in Montana Harvest he is instrumental in saving someone's life. Then in The Killing Zone he is falsely accused of murder. In the Crow language the definition of Acaraho is "Mountain" and in the Souix language the definition of Otaktay is "Kills Many".

US Copyright Office

This weekend I received hard copy certificates of registration from the United States Copyright Office signed by Maria A. Pallante, the 12th United States Register of Copyrights, for my three novels, Montana Harvest, Mystery at Little Bitterroot, and The Killing Zone.

The effective date of registration for all three is February 14, 2011. The significance of this date of registration is that twenty-three years ago on February 14, 1988, Valentine's Day, I proposed to my wife whom I credit for nurturing my confidence to write and providing me with the ongoing and unselfish support for my passion.