One of my outside activities (meaning aside from work and family, not meaning outdoors) the past several years has been conducting mock job interviews with college students each semester since Fall 2015. The students I interview are typically well-spoken, bright young men and women who pretty much put my young adulthood to shame. They’re enrolled... Continue Reading →
I think I’ll go ahead and add “actor” to my resumé, not that I’ll be submitting a resumé to anyone anytime soon … if ever. I never considered myself an actor through the series of radio-show style plays I’ve been in, no matter how fun it was to play Uncle Billy from It’s a Wonderful... Continue Reading →
I haven't done a lot of writing recently--my PathBinder Publishing newsletters have been getting most of my attention from a literary standpoint these days--but I did manage to tweak a short story I'd written about a year ago and submit it to a contest. "Young Romance During the London Blitz" was a story I originally... Continue Reading →
Thirty-some-odd authors, including myself, enjoyed meeting the fine folks who came to the Clark Pleasant Branch of the Johnson County Public Library in Whiteland, Indiana, on March 11. (I'm in the back in the middle of the photo). My table was between a lady who has a ton of gardening books to her credit and... Continue Reading →
The return of authors fairs in underway. The pandemic scuttled a lot of these events, where a load of local authors set up shop at libraries with their books and chat with patrons ... and hopefully sell a few books along the way. Both my wife and I have been invited to attend a local... Continue Reading →
My wife and I were thrilled to participate in our local, independently owned bookstore's special Cider Sunday event on Dec. 11. We're also humbled that they asked us back for the next one. Viewpoint Books in Columbus, Indiana, is in the midst of its Cider Sundays, being conducted from 1-4 p.m. the first three Sundays... Continue Reading →
Books, books, and more books. Games. Gifts. Local authors. Cider. Hurray! My local, independent bookstore will host local authors on the first three Sundays in December, and ’ll be a part of two of them. Viewpoint Books, 548 Washington St., in downtown Columbus, Indiana, will host Cider Sundays from 1-4 p.m. on Dec. 4, 11,... Continue Reading →
Wicked Columbus, Indiana continues to defy the laws of nature. My second book, which was published by The History Press in June 2017, has been landing on various best seller lists for the past few years. After an initial surge in sales within the first 18 months or so of publication, there came a distinct... Continue Reading →
Well, I wasn't expecting this. My first book, Murder in Wauwatosa: The Mysterious Death of Buddy Schumacher, has been out since June 2012. I rarely check out reviews anymore, but happened upon the Amazon page for the book earlier this month. Staring me right in the face were two new really nice reviews that had... Continue Reading →
It was like going out in the sun for the first time in the spring. Warm, comfortable, soothing ... except I didn't get burned. The book signing March 19 at Book Warehouse of Edinburgh (at Indiana Premium Outlets) was a breath of fresh air since I had done so few public appearances during the pandemic. I met... Continue Reading →
Paul J. Hoffman - Author/Publisher/Actor 