Another link in the Chain

What an interesting book signing season it’s been. Back in July, before our newest book came out, we visited the Noble Art Gallery. We even had books available at my daughter’s yard sale, in May. After Albion and Noble County was published, we went to the Kendallville Library, then the Stone’s Trace Pioneer Festival.

A week from today we’re putting in another appearance at the Noble Art Gallery. Then we have dual October 10^th book signings, at Joanna’s Dealicious Treats in Kendallville and the Cupbearer Café in Auburn.  I thought that would be the climax of the season.

If I’ve covered everything and counted right, that’s seven author appearances, five of them in two months. And nobody can say they haven’t been eclectic!

But other people have been trying on my behalf, and the other day I got an e-mail from a member of the Arcadia Publishing team. If all goes well, I’ll have one more author appearance, probably around the first of November … at a Barnes and Noble.

Stay tuned!

Holy Book Sales, Batman!

Well, I didn’t sell enough books to make my grappling hook throwing skills necessary, but it was for the best: Turns out my Batman suit doesn’t fit anymore. I promised that if I sold enough at the Saturday book signing I’d scale the Black Building, but over the years I’ve grown from Christian Bale Batman to Adam West Batman. It’s too bad, after all the work I did to find a Robin costume for Emily.

Still, we made some sales and had fun hanging with Dan Gagen at the Noble Art Gallery. And it goes on, in a way: Dan kindly allowed signed copies to be displayed in his gallery, there at the corner of Orange and Main in Albion.  I don’t know if I’d call it art … but if you want to pick up a copy of Slightly Off the Mark, Storm Chaser, Smoky Days and Sleepless Nights, The Notorious Ian Grant, or The No-Campfire Girls, you can get them there while perusing the real art. (Friday and Saturday, 10-5.) You might also be able to pick them up in other local places soon, if I get off my butt and get it done.

Now I can just kick back and relax and … *insert hysterical laughter here* Nah, I’ve got another book coming out in a month and a half, and I’m already hip deep in the next project.

In An Art Gallery I Can Call It Literature

Book signing’s tomorrow, folks! Three hours in an art gallery, overlooking the historic courthouse square in Albion, so at least come for the eye candy. Here are all the details:

https://www.facebook.com/events/779195062198975/

I ordered one of those cardboard stands to display copies of the six books that will be available (others are for sale only as e-books). As of this writing it hasn’t arrived yet, but I’m a little awed that I have enough published books to crowd a table … and one more coming out at the end of August.

Vote for Me for Book Signer

Remember, election season is coming: You’re going to need lots of books to read, so you can turn off the TV and save your sanity. Come to the Noble Art Gallery in Albion between 2-5 p.m. this coming Saturday, and get a deal on some reading material you’ll never see on a teleprompter.

According to the most recent polls, much of the humor in my books is funny. Also, while some of my books are fiction and some non-fiction, it’s easy to tell which is which—unlike campaign ads.

My most recent is Slightly Off the Mark, and although one chapter does cover politics, it’s clearly marked so you can avoid it. Don’t you need as much humor as you can get to make it through until November, 2016? Sure you do, so vote for me—I mean, see you Saturday, at 100 E. Main.

A Noble Book Signing

It’s back to Noble Art Gallery for a book signing Saturday, July 11, from 2-5 p.m. For you locals, that’s in the old Black building the stoplight in Albion, where Dan Gagen sells  art and features local artists every Friday and Saturday.

There’ll be copies of all my books, including the newest, Slightly Off the Mark: The Unpublished Columns. More details coming (okay, I pretty much covered the basics)—hope to see you there!