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
Updating photo albums continues. Check out the new Folk Art album and the expanded St. Louis album (which has several new pics from the past two weeks of extreme cold and thick fog).
Over the holidays I began updating my photo albums. Check out the pics of Midwestern Ruins that I shot over the past year or two. I'll be updating other photo albums in the next few weeks, so check back often.
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
