I've been doing this publishing thing for just over a week now, and already it's led to some opportunities I hadn't expected. On March 30, I published a book of memoirs, essays and song lyrics by a longtime musician with my 18% Gray Publishing arm of creative genius. "Shut Up and Listen: Me vs. Me:... Continue Reading →
You can go ahead and add the title of "publisher" to my resume. Not that I update my resume anymore. Just sayin'. It's a title I didn't think I'd ever have, mush less aspire to have. Author, journalist, sports writer, editor ... sure, all those titles I expected to have at one point in my... Continue Reading →
March 26, 2020 Like many high-end magazines, I'm posting my April newsletter at the end of the previous month. Please do not freak out. And now on to our regularly scheduled newsletter. Howdy, folks. This Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic sure has made a mess of things, hasn’t it? Hopefully, we can halt the spread of this... Continue Reading →
March 3, 2020 Well hello there, faithful followers, inquisitive types, and those who accidentally stumbled in thinking this was going to give you guidance on dealing with the coronavirus or election ads. Coronavirus (not anything to do with beer) Let us get right to the coronavirus. In order to prevent the spread of this thing... Continue Reading →
It's 2020, which is the year of perfect sight, hindsight and Barbara Walters. If you get all those references, you're cool. If not, looks like you've got some Internet searches to do. Raise your hand if you thought we'd have flying cars by now. Sorry, The Jetsons are post-apocalyptic, so you have to wait for... Continue Reading →
I am eating Wisconsin cheese curds, drinking cold brew coffee (honey caramel flavor if you must know), and trying very hard to get a lot of things accomplished. I have already finished eating three blueberry pancakes that had been in deep freeze until my microwave admirably performed its duty. But I have done more than... Continue Reading →
I don't often view the best-seller lists. I did when my first book was published in 2012. It was kind of fun checking the charts every few hours to see how many thousand spots my book had risen or fallen. I'm a stats guy (a former sportswriter). Now, I look maybe once a week or... Continue Reading →
My wife, Kimberly S. Hoffman, was featured on Page 1 of The (Columbus, Indiana) Republic newspaper this morning. The story centers on her third book, "Cleo and Roger Discover Columbus, Indiana," in which two inquisitive squirrels travel around the city meeting delightful characters and pointing out interesting facts about some of the famous buildings in... Continue Reading →
Many of you know I left journalism after a 34-year career on Sept. 27 to pursue writing full-time. So, today, Sept. 30, I started doing just that. On my first morning as a full-time writer, not only did I drink coffee and take a walk (during which I found a penny), I also managed to... Continue Reading →
