I am happy to announce the identities of two special guests who have graciously agreed to help out with the Yes Cinema presentation on August 19. Detective Lieutenant Mike Ward with the Columbus Police Department's Criminal Investigation Division will speak on the updates in investigative tools police have at their disposal today that they may not have had... Continue Reading →
Photos – The Buddy Schumacher Series
My friend and high school classmate, Art Mellor, took some photos of me at his Milwaukee studio last week. Some were serious, some were silly and some were done so he could test out some lighting and other technical photo things. One of the things we did was a series of shots with my book... Continue Reading →
Wauwatosa is cool
My wife and kids and I spent some time Saturday dropping off business cards for "Murder in Wauwatosa: The Mysterious Death of Buddy Schumacher" at several Wauwatosa businesses on Saturday. Everyone was very cordial, and I found out that there are some very cool businesses in town that I hadn't visited before. We hit The... Continue Reading →
More details for Yes Cinema program
We've worked out a few of the details for my Monday, August 19, presentation on "Murder in Wauwatosa: The Mysterious Death of Buddy Schumacher” at the Yes Cinema in Columbus, Indiana. This event will be a fundraiser for the Lincoln-Central Neighborhood Family Care Center, a nonprofit agency helping out folks in central Columbus. As such, we... Continue Reading →
A spike on the bestseller list
After 3 1/2 months of waiting, Amazon's bestseller ranking have finally been updated, and we got some good news for "Murder in Wauwatosa." Since early February, Amazon had been working on repairing something that caused the rankings to go down. They just came back up, and I was happy to see that Buddy Schumacher's story... Continue Reading →
It’s a sale!
It's time for an inventory reduction sale (as well as a trying-to-get-out-of-debt-once-and-for-all sale or pay-for-my-gallbladder surgery sale). In addition to several websites offering the book at a discounted rate these days, if you buy my book from me, I'll waive shipping charges. Some have asked how I can get the most profit from the sale of... Continue Reading →
Starting on a screenplay
The time has come for me to start writing a screenplay for the story of Buddy Schumacher, and I'll have plenty of time to work on it this week. With gallbladder surgery scheduled Monday morning, I'll be off of work for the better part of the week, if not all week. This provides an excellent... Continue Reading →
OK, this is weird
Yesterday, I get a report that someone who said she was Buddy Schumacher's younger sister entered a bookstore in central Wisconsin last weekend looking for a copy of "Murder in Wauwatosa." It has been reported to me that the lady said the book was all about her family and was "talking about it all like... Continue Reading →
Sales report – April 5, 2013
It's difficult to pinpoint exactly how many copies of "Murder in Wauwatosa: The Mysterious Death of Buddy Schumacher" have been sold. Amazon and Barnes & Noble both rank books among best-sellers, Amazon has an author site that adds up the number of print books sold online and at bookstores around the country, and I have... Continue Reading →
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