April 27, 2021 – OK, get all your eye puns out in plain sight. Because seeing them clearly might be a chore for me right now. Me with glasses and supporting the alma mater. Me without glasses and hanging out in downtown Edinburgh, Indiana. With me in between cataract surgeries (right eye last Wednesday, left... Continue Reading →
April ’21 newsletter: Attention ground bees, the cinnamon spreader cometh
March 30, 2021 – I just finished spreading powdered cinnamon in my yard for the fourth straight day. That’s supposed to be one of the more humane ways to get ground bees to stop making nests in your ground and going elsewhere. They’re not supposed to like cinnamon. Mr. Ground Bee, you are a pesky... Continue Reading →
March newsletter – Read My Latest Masterpiece; It’s Got Romance, Death, and Chester the Pig
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 →
January 2021 Newsletter: A Strange Christmas; an Ailing Back
January 6, 2021 – Hello, and welcome to a brand new year. Hopefully, you all had an enjoyable holiday season, whether some of it was via video chat instead of in person and/or more of a stay-at-home thing. For the first time I think ever, I did not spend most of the Christmas season at... Continue Reading →
Dec. 2020 Newsletter – Promoting Authors: Myself as Well as Others
December 6, 2020 – Hey! While most of my work world lately has been focused on getting other writers’ books published, I did take some time out to focus on a bit of author work again. The big thing that both my wife and I did along these lines in the past few weeks was... Continue Reading →
More, more, more
Hi folks. I've been a little slow adding content to the website recently. I promise that soon I'll have much more up here. Among some recent highlights: *My wife (Kimberly S. Hoffman) and I did a podcast interview together in Indianapolis recently. Two authors, four published books, one household. *I am scheduled to do an... Continue Reading →
Viewpoint Books – 8/12/2017
Thanks to everyone who came out to Viewpoint Books in Columbus on Saturday, Aug. 12! My wife, Kimberly S. Hoffman, and I had a great time meeting people and talking books. We will be back at Viewpoint next Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. I'll have both of my books available: "Wicked Columbus, Indiana,"... Continue Reading →
We’re looking at March
The History Press, my publisher, is going through the first edits on "Wicked Columbus Indiana," my second book. We will go through two edits apiece before the book gets published. Seems like this is about a six-week process, so we should be out early March I'd imagine. We will keep everyone up to date and... Continue Reading →