History is full of cool stories. It’s one of the reasons I like researching it and writing about it. It’s the cool stories that really enhance the who, what, where, when stuff. Answering questions like how and why, as well as finding out people’s thoughts and feelings on what transpired gives history its flavor. I’m... Continue Reading →
Be it known to all that Paul J. Hoffman is hereby appointed a member of the grandparents secret circle and is entitled to all the honors and benefits occurring there, too. Signed, Little Orphan Annie. Countersigned, Pierre Andre! In ink! Honors and benefits. Already at the age of … well, okay … maybe I didn’t... 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, 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 →
I'm No. 2! Brian Blair of The (Columbus, Ind.) Republic said so. And he's smart. In last Thursday's edition of my local newspaper, Brian picked my July 20 presentation on my book, Wicked Columbus, Indiana at the Bartholomew County Public Library as his second pick for stuff to do in and around Columbus in the... Continue Reading →
Editorial note: I wrote the bulk of this on Memorial Day, sent it to my publishing family as a PathBinder Publishing newsletter that day, then took a break before reconfiguring parts of it for my author site. So yes, it posted on June 3, not Memorial Day (May 31). But the Memorial Day references were... Continue Reading →
November 6, 2020 – Running a little bit late this month. I blame technology. Never mind that my education level when it comes to the particular type of technology that bogged me down the past week to 10 days was , let’s say … not high enough to employ the technology to its greatest benefit.... Continue Reading →
One of the author events that my wife and I were scheduled to go to but was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic was one at a library not far from us. The authors fair at the Clark-Pleasant Branch of the Johnson County (Ind.) Public Library was to feature several area authors on March 21.... 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 →
Paul J. Hoffman - Author/Publisher/Actor 