About James Wayland Long
“My lifestyle has fed my writing. While uneducated, and certainly unskilled at the process, I am falling in love with this journey and hope you find this entertaining. We all gotta escape reality from time to time...”
James Wayland Long was born in 1965 in Olney, Texas. He was raised in Decatur, Texas by self-employed parents that preached work ethic, drive, and integrity. College educated in Stephenville, Texas at Tarleton State University, Wayland traveled the country throughout his younger years, developing and showing cutting horses in the National Cutting Horse Association, earning 2 NCHA World Championships, 2 NCHA Reserve World Championships, and was the youngest person ever inducted into the NCHA Hall of Fame. After his last World Title in 1989, Wayland went to work for himself, building up his own business, 2L Custom Trucks, that he still operates today. Wayland has been with his wife Carrie, for over 30 years, they have 3 children, Libby, Abby, and Binion. As he has skidded sideways into his middle aged years, Wayland's focus has been on God, family, and his ranch north of Weatherford, Texas.
4 Counties is his first attempt at a novel and has other writings in current production.
