Tomorrow at 5 AM, I head for the airport for my first book-related road trip. Of course I’m excited about the event at Tatnuck Booksellers: in Westborough, Marsh’s and my first happy hometown; surrounded by dear old friends and familiar faces; talking about our story and signing books in the midst of an experience that [...]

My brother, Tom, is city manager of our hometown, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. In that familiar way common to small towns and the people who live in them, when my fifth grade teacher, Mrs. Wagner, wanted to contact me, she called Tom at City Hall. She was after my phone number in order to congratulate [...]

  March 18, 7 PM: Windover Center for the Arts 51 Sheboygan St. Fond du Lac, WI 54935 Mar. 19, 7 PM: Borders 49 S. Waukegan Rd. Deerfield, IL 60015 Mar. 26, 7 PM Barnes and Noble The Pruneyard-1875 S. Bascom Ave. San Jose, CA 95008   April 15, 2009    5-7 PM Hacienda San [...]

This past week I had interviews every morning—two for print, the rest for radio. I was nervous and over-prepared, up an hour beforehand, even for the one scheduled at 5:30 AM Pacific Time. I made coffee with beans I’d ground the night before. On my work desk, I spread out the stack of 5×7 cards [...]

Feb. 4 8:00 AM PST Interview for print (The Gazette; Montreal newspaper) Feb. 5 7:00 AM PST KyXy-CBS (San Diego, CA) 9:40 AM PST WBIX-AM 1060 (Boston, MA)  Feb. 6 6:30 AM PST WCBQ-AM 1340 WHNC-AM 890 (North Carolina)  Feb. 9 5:30 AM PST WVTK 92.1 (Vermont) 6:10 AM PST WFON 107.1 FM (Wisconsin) 6:35 [...]