I love road tripping—when I plug in my iPod, the miles fly by and my mind feels unburdened. Right now, though, I don’t want to see the inside of my car again for a while. I’m back home after driving 1500 miles in 6 days and staying in a different bed every night. A trip
This winter has been dreary—cold, snowy, lots of time spent on marketing instead of writing—so I decided to get started on the next book to boost my spirits. I’m ready to get moving. I have ambitious plans for this year, with two books to market and plans to research and write two more. The third
I just released a tongue-in-cheek stop-action video describing the philosophy of the Mississippi Valley Traveler. Check it out below. Feel free to praise/lambaste and share with your friends.
I’ve been in a funk. Work has been slow, and book signings and sales have been sluggish since winter started. With a lot of free time on my hands, I’ve been working on adding content to MississippiValleyTraveler.com, cleaning up some aesthetic issues, and kicking off a marketing effort. The work has been tedious and time
Haybales for days! It’s early November, and I’m driving around the eastern half of Iowa visiting local bookstores and trying to convince them that they should carry my travel guides and host a book signing. I’m not the only one with a busy agenda. Farmers in combines are racing through the last harvest
Would you buy a book from this guy? Hey. Did you know that I now have two travel guides in print for the Mississippi Valley? (You can buy them here.) The second book (covering the Mississippi from Lansing to LeClaire) rolled off the printing press in late October. A couple of weeks ago,
