We made somebody's best-seller list! Time to celebrate. Viewpoint Books (Columbus, Indiana) Best Seller List Week of Dec. 17; * denotes a local author or Indiana connection Paperback nonfiction 1. “The Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President,” Candace Millard 2. “Wreck This Journal,” Keri Smith 3.... Continue Reading →
A good time at the Wauwatosa Historical Society event
I had a great time talking about "Murder in Wauwatosa" at a meeting of the Wauwatosa Historical Society on Jan. 8, 2013. We met at the First Congregational Church at the corner of Church Street and Menomonee River Parkway. This is the church that sponsored my Boy Scout troop when I was young. My father,... Continue Reading →
Attention Wauwatosa, Brookfield and Elm Grove!
Attention citizens of Wauwatosa, Brookfield and Elm Grove! Look at your Now newspapers today and you'll see a half-page ad for my book. It's a very nice ad that the folks there put together for me. Tell your friends, if you have any, and even strangers you meet about the book, so they will purchase... Continue Reading →
Read Wauwatosa Now next week … and every week!
NOW ad Dec2012 Next week's Wauwatosa Now will contain this half-page ad for my book (click on the above link). They're running a special right now, so I bought a half-pager, full color for barely more money than it would have cost for a much smaller ad. And adding color was not that much more... Continue Reading →
Program in downtown Milwaukee on March 19
I'll be presenting a program on the book, and whatever else I've found out since the book published in June 2012, in a University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Osher Lifelong Learning Institute program on March 19, 2013, from noon to 1:15 p.m. The program, titled "Murder in Wauwatosa: The Mysterious Death of Buddy Schumacher," will... Continue Reading →
The Next Big Thing
An author who helped me immensely in getting through the process of having my first book published, Heather Hummel, invited me to join her in the latest blog craze, My Next Big Thing. Heather's Journals from the Heart series is chick-lit/women's lit. She is also an awesome photographer, ghost writer and is working on her... Continue Reading →
Moving up the best-seller list
I just checked the Author Central site at Amazon and saw that my book has taken a massive leap up the charts. As of this very hour, "Murder in Wauwatosa" is ranked No. 63,324 out of more than 8 million books. We only ended one day higher than this (38,028 on Sept. 23). So, this... Continue Reading →
M Magazine story in January
I've been told that M Magazine, "Milwaukee's Lifestyle Magazine," will publish a story on my book in its January issue. They asked me for a copy of the book's cover and I did an interview with one of their writers about a week or so ago. I'm looking forward to seeing that they do with... Continue Reading →
Continued research
I feel that Buddy's story is not yet complete. The book is the start. But there are still questions to be answered. Not sure how many answers I'll get. But I'm still digging. Among the topics I'm delving into most heavily right now are: *The state of the Milwaukee County hospitals at the time of... Continue Reading →
A letter from someone who knew Buddy!
I recently received a letter from Dorothy Prothero (nee Belongia), a Wauwatosa Village resident who knew Buddy Schumacher. She just wrote a column on her recollection of the 1920s for the Wauwatosa Village Neighborhood Association's October 2012 newsletter, my book was mentioned at the end. I'll share a few of the items Dorothy sent me,... Continue Reading →
Paul J. Hoffman - Author/Publisher/Actor 