Positive reviews, 10 years later

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 →

October 26, 2022 0

A ‘Wicked’ Resurgence

Well, this was unexpected. My second book, Wicked Columbus, Indiana, which has been out 4-1/2 years now, ended up being the No. 6 best selling nonfiction book at Viewpoint Books in Columbus last year. It was No. 2 in 2017, also, but that was the year it was published, hence understandable. The last half of... Continue Reading →

January 11, 2022 2

Whiling away the hours, days, weeks, and more

While this quarantine/lockdown/Coronavirus thing is still throwing a wrench into people's lives, and likely will be for a while, I thought I'd share a few things I've been doing, and also have planned, to while away my time (It did not take a long while to figure out how to cram all those "whiles" into... Continue Reading →

April 17, 2020 0

We’re No. 1! – BOTH of us

So, my wife and I made history (probably) today. We both sit atop our respective categories on our local bookstore's bestseller list. Not sure if any husband/wife team has ever done that. But if they did, then we tied them. So below is the proof (scroll down to the red text). If you want to... Continue Reading →

September 4, 2019 0

We’re both bestsellers!

Hey! My wife and I are on the local bookstore's bestseller list for the week. That hasn't happened for a while. Kimberly S. Hoffman's newest book, "Cleo and Roger Discover Columbus, Indiana," is the first for kids focusing on Columbus architecture (and there's lots of groovy architecture here). My "Wicked Columbus, Indiana" keeps hanging in... Continue Reading →

August 30, 2019 0

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 →