The Upper Peninsula's Congressman Bart Stupak certainly has a higher profile now than he had just two weeks ago. Not sure if he enjoys his new celebrity status.I talked to him on the phone a couple of times last week during the wrangling over the health care bill, and he was clearly conflicted: he supported the bill but he ... Continue Reading
What’s up with the UP?
Overheard in the WLUC newsroom this week, from one of our sports guys: "Do you think the UP is going to become the new Spring Break destination for college kids?" Not a bad question given the fact that we're edging up toward 60 degrees under sunny skies, and we haven't seen snow in weeks.You notice everybody's got a smile ... Continue Reading
Book Signing on Saturday, March 6
We'll have a book-signing at Snowbound Books this Saturday from 2-4 pm. Come one, come all. I'd love to meet you and talk about the book or anything else on your mind.It's interesting, I haven't read "Money in the Ground since I finished the last draft about four months ago, so I'm kind of curious to see how I react to it ... Continue Reading
‘Money in the Ground’ reviewed
I'm happy to report that "Money in the Ground" got a nice review in the February issue of Marquette Monthly.Click here and you can link to it.I'm still getting the word out about the novel and hoping more of the newspapers in the UP will do write-ups on it.Next up is probably a signing or two at the local book stores. That ... Continue Reading
Getting the Word Out
I've seen a lot of the UP over the last couple of weeks, ever since "Money in the Ground" was published. I've met with bookstore managers and owners, authors, and readers.I talked to Jerry Harju who's given me some advice on marketing. Says he liked the book alot, by the way. That's encouraging. Others have told me they ... Continue Reading
At the Book Stores
Well, "Money in the Ground" is out. It's now on the shelves of some local book stores, and will be spreading to other stores in the weeks ahead."Marquette Monthly" will be reviewing it in February and I expect other mentions in the media, as well.I'll be dealing with Amazon in the next few weeks, but in the meantime, "Money ... Continue Reading
“Money in the Ground” Next Week
I'm told the novel should be back by next week, and ready for web orders and book stores immediately.You'll notice there's a "Buy Now" tab on the website that we've just added.Below is the first page of the novel....Chapter OneThe smell of smoke hung in the air but the smoke was no longer visible. Water dripped from the ... Continue Reading
Mid-January Book Release
It's still looking like a mid-January release for "Money in the Ground" although I'm told not to be surprised if that changes.The novel will first be available on this website, and then I'll slowly get it distributed throughout the U.P., and then I hope to make it available through Amazon and other national ... Continue Reading
Waiting for the Novel
All right, the novel, which has been in the making for about a year, is now due to be published by mid-January."Money in the Ground" it's called. All about the UP, mining, and the TV business.Getting it distributed to various bookstores in the UP, then onto Amazon, etc, as well as making it available at this website, will ... Continue Reading