July 2020 Is the year half over already? Yes, it is. There’s your answer right there. Now, you don’t have to search the inner recesses of your brain to recall how to do math … nor do you have to locate a calendar and count the months. You’re welcome. I’m sure many of you are... 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 →
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 →
Number One on a National List
Found out this morning that "Wicked Columbus, Indiana" has made the top spot on Amazon's Indianapolis Travel Books best seller list. I am fairly certain that neither of my books have ever maintained the No. 1 rank on any of Amazon's lists. The paperback version of the book has shot up the lists in the... Continue Reading →
Moving on up (the sales list)
I don't often view the best-seller lists. I did when my first book was published in 2012. It was kind of fun checking the charts every few hours to see how many thousand spots my book had risen or fallen. I'm a stats guy (a former sportswriter). Now, I look maybe once a week or... Continue Reading →
Book Signing Bonanza tomorrow!
Here's the details on tomorrow's (tomorrow being Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019) Book Signing Bonanza at Viewpoint Books in Columbus, Indiana, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.: The weather is going to be beautiful (sunny and 75-ish), so we’ll be outside on Sixth Street just west of Washington St. next to Viewpoint. Come by and... Continue Reading →
A new chapter in my career
So here's a bit of a major announcement regarding my career. After 34 years in journalism, including nearly 20 at my present company, I've decided to give full-time attention to being an author. My last day with a full-time day job will be Sept. 27. I've wanted to make this move for years ... ever since... Continue Reading →
Spreading my ‘Brave Wings’
You want to know all about me? Of course not. There is darkness. Somewhere. I think. But if you want to know some of the good stuff, or at least some of the author stuff, read a great article on me and my authoring life on the Brave Wings magazine site. There's plenty of photographs... Continue Reading →
Save money on admission to the Indianapolis Christmas Gift + Hobby Show
OK, it says "Click here" on the graphic. But I couldn't figure out how to add the link to that button. So click here instead and you can save $3 on admission to the Indianapolis Christmas Gift + Hobby Show at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis. Go to the website for all the details,... Continue Reading →
ICYMI: Wicked video from Columbus Past presentation
In case you missed it (that's what ICYMI means), here is video of the "Wicked Columbus, Indiana" presentation at Ivy Tech Community College on Oct. 25. The program was the first part of the school's Columbus Past, Present and Future series, which is in it's second year. A good time was had by all who... Continue Reading →
