The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 11,000 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 18 years to get... Continue Reading →
Coffeeshop event; restocking books at the museum in Franklin
Hi everybody. Hope you're prepared for Christmas ... and some of the wintry weather hitting some of your areas today! We'll be adding a book signing in Franklin, Indiana, soon. The wonderful folks at Benjamin's Coffeehouse, right across from the Johnson County Courthouse, will allow me to spend some time on a Saturday morning soon... Continue Reading →
Book club event in Franklin, Indiana
I've been invited to speak at a book club meeting in Franklin, Indiana, on Jan. 22. The club has selected "Murder in Wauwatosa" as one of its selections.This is going to be fun. Sorry, if you're not a member, you can't crash the party. I've been told that there is another book club, this one... Continue Reading →
Mention in fellow author’s “Next Big Thing”
Fellow Columbus, Indiana author Ron Collins mentioned me in his "Next Big Thing" post on his blog. Check it out here. Ron's post was in my response to a Next Big Thing post I had made that tagged him to follow through with something similar. Ron’s work has appeared in Asimov’s, Analog, Nature and several other... Continue Reading →
Not slowing down much
I thought this was going to slow down a bit, but all of a sudden... *I'll be doing an interview with M Magazine soon for an upcoming issue. M Magazine bills itself as Milwaukee's Lifestyle Magazine. There is a digital version and a print version. *Working on setting up a date in early 2013 to speak... Continue Reading →
Personalized, signed copies still available
I still have copies of my book available to mail to people who want them signed and made out just for them. Here’s what you need to do to order your copies from me: Send me $20 per book. Add $4 per book if I need to mail them to you. (If you see... Continue Reading →
Signed books available in Shelbyville, Indiana
The Grover Museum in Shelbyville, Indiana, now has signed copies of my book available in its gift shop. The museum is at 52 W. Broadway St., just west of State Road 9. The museum receives $4 for every book sold. My girls and I loved going often to the Grover Museum when we lived in... Continue Reading →
Writers’ Conference in Columbus
I just got word of the schedule for the 2012 Writers' Conference to be held Oct. 6 at the Crump Theatre in downtown Columbus, Indiana. I'll be speaking from 2:15-2:45 p.m., just ahead of the conference's keynote speaker, James Alexander Thom. He's written way more books than I have. My talk is titled "Journalism: Just... Continue Reading →
Bartholomew County Public Library photos
Photos from my program at the Bartholomew County Public Library in Columbus, Ind., on Aug. 16, 2012. Thanks to Mary Clare Speckner for giving me the opportunity to come and speak!
Paul J. Hoffman - Author/Publisher/Actor 