AVAILABLE NOW!
After five years of writing, two years of collecting rejection slips, and another year-and- a-half of tough love from three editors, my debut novel has emerged from the Four Stomachs of the Publishing Process. Twilight Times Books has released The Last Protector, a science-fiction/action- adventure (with beer), in both trade paperback edition and e-book versions.
BUY THIS BOOK--IT'S PATRIOTIC!
If you've just gotten that Economic Stimulation Package check from the government, and you want it to do the absolute most it can to help the US Economy, consider spending part of it on a copy of The Last Protector. It's printed right here in the good ol' USA, and the royalty checks will come to me, right here in the Heartland of Illinois. And, as a special bonus, I promise to spend at least some of the money I make from this book on parts and supplies for my old Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
HOW TO ORDER:
The Last Protector is now available for pre-order on both the Amazon.com and Barnesand Noble.com web sites. Both booksellers offer pre-order discounts. Books should be shipped around the end of the month.
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HOT OFF THE (electronic) PRESS!
Meanwhile, my series of short articles on the human side of project management continues with "Let's Be Careful Out There," published in October on the web site projectsatwork.com. This piece investigates a problem that plagues bikers and project managers alike: how to remember to do the things that protect you from dangers you probably won't face... today. Get out your helmet, your leather jacket, and your formal processes, and let's go for a ride
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4/24/08: FIVE MORE SECONDS OF FAME
Andy Warhol said everybody will have their fifteen minutes of fame. I seem to be getting mine a few seconds at a time. The most recent was a mention in a Chicago Tribune article about Starved Rock State Park, published in this morning's "At Play" section.
It was, as many things are, an accident: I'd headed down to Starved Rock with my biker buddy Stan to go look at waterfalls, particularly some that only run for a few weeks in the spring. While on the trail, we bumped into Barbara Brotman and Nancy Stone of the Tribune, who were also looking for falls with actual water. So, Stan and I led the reporters over to LaSalle and Tonti Canyons, where they got some nice pictures. Along the way, they asked us some questions, and some of the answers made it into the paper. I was described as a "veteran Starved Rock hiker" and a "substitute teacher/science fiction writer/bagpiper," which isn't a bad description. I just wish I could have worked a reference to The Last Protector into her story, because there is a connection between the book and this park. To find out about that connection, and to see some pictures of the "Crown Jewel of the Illinois State Park System," click here.
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