March 3, 2021 – I wrote something! I wrote something! Hot damn, I finally wrote something! It’s been ages. In the interest of full disclosure, I have written things in recent months. But they have mostly been things related to my publishing business to help authors create, market, and sell their books. While it may... Continue Reading →
Dad’s Book is Out! Dad’s Book is Out!
Finally, the news you all have been waiting for! Well, at least the news I've been champing at the bit to tell you (yes, "champing" is the right word, believe it or not). But I digress. Dad's book is now a reality. Well, okay, it's been a reality for him for a bit now. But... Continue Reading →
June 2020 newsletter: A Busy Businessman With His New Pal, Packy
June 2020 For someone who had my entire calendar wiped out by the coronavirus two months ago, I sure have been busy lately. Author events, craft sales where I can sell books, dentist and hair care appointments bit the dust. Fantasy baseball drafts got postponed. Concerts, plays and comedy shows were all nixed. All of... Continue Reading →
May 2020 newsletter: Publishing Dad’s Book not my Biggest Nightmare
“It’s me, your biggest nightmare.” That’s how my dad opened our latest conversation. We’ve been talking a lot on the phone and via email lately, partly due to the fact that he and mom are stuck in their house with the coronavirus still wreaking havoc. But also because I’m publishing a book of his memoirs,... Continue Reading →
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 →
I’m a Publisher, and I’m OK
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 →
Promoting Local Authors (We’re in the Newspaper!)
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 →
April 2020 newsletter: We’re all working from home these days
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 2020 newsletter: Pails of action figures, piles of ailments, and pools of Coronavirus antidotes
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 →