July 21st, 2008

The response from an article in the Grass Valley Union newspaper about the book A Beautiful Mine was overwhelming. Many people signed up to be on the mailing list for my newsletter and all of the interested parties got a free copy of the book. I was pleasantly surprised. I’m off tomorrow to do a book signing event in Redding, California. I’ll be close to beautiful Shasta Mountain so I’ll probably take a drive there before the lecture. I hope to have all the finishing touches made on Thunder Over the Prairie this week. I’m waiting for the rest of the photographs for the book to come in and a few more permission useage forms to be returned. After that, it’s good to go. I’m happy with the book and the changes that were made as a result of the early reviews. I don’t know if I’d have been able to get through those necessary revisions if not for Sunny and Dakota Livesay and Jim Sherer. They are good people and I’m glad I know them. The title for the book about my brother was decided on today. It will be called “The Deadliest Accusation.” I think it’s a good, solid title.